19861017067329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401B · West Chicago, IL · October 17, 1986

Date
October 17, 1986 · 17:52 local
Place
West Chicago, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DAHA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21BD
Reported as
Cessna 401B
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,720 total3,900 in this make and model95 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.

Complete power loss in left engine after takeoff. Returned. Found camshaft had failed.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE POWER LOSS IN LEFT ENGINE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND CAMSHAFT HAD FAILED.