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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Newberry, SC · November 23, 1984

Date
November 23, 1984 · 23:30 local
Place
Newberry, SC
Airport
Columbia Metro
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
ILT
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine failed during level flight. Secured engine and landed. Internal failure of crankshaft and gear box.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED DURING LEVEL FLIGHT. SECURED ENGINE AND LANDED. INTERNAL FAILURE OF CRANKSHAFT AND GEAR BOX.