# Incident 19870126006729I: Cessna 421C, Truth Or Conseq, NM, January 26, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1987, 09:00 local time
- Place: Truth Or Conseq, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2376° N, 107.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Truth or Consequences, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2376&lon=-107.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2659M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 45 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870126006729I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE. DIVERTED TO A SAFE LANDING. ENGINE CASE CRACKED WITH PISTONS BROKEN AND CRACKED.

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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