# Incident 19860127004669I: Cessna 421C, Detroit, MI, January 27, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1986, 15:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5486G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5486G-1994-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 650 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860127004669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING CLIMB NR5 CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED ABOVE THE BARRELL. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND RETURNED.

## Other reports on N5486G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19911004045001A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911004045001A), Oct 4, 1991: Cessna 421C (N5486G), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. While taxiing for takeoff struck a 152 N93839 that was holding for takeoff. Had looked inside failed note moving.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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