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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Omaha, NE · April 29, 1987

Date
April 29, 1987 · 18:43 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6798V
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,400 total2,500 in this make and model105 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.

The left engine failed in flight. A safe landing was made. Metal was found in the oil screen. Piston pin had failed

As the FAA filed it

THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE. METAL WAS FOUND IN THE OIL SCREEN. PISTON PIN HAD FAILED

Other reports on N6798V · 1

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