# Incident 19870730045079I: Cessna 421B, San Antonio, TX, July 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1987, 09:45 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700SC-2014-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870730045079I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMB TO CRUISE THE RIGHT ENGINE WENT INTO FEATHER. RETURNED FOR LANDING. ENGINE MALFUNCITON NOT REPORTED.

## Other reports on N700SC (1)

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

- [Accident 19880609064669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880609064669A), Jun 9, 1988: Cessna 421B (N700SC), Knoxville, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control, area of storm and icing. Airframe stress failed. Unairworthy. Deicers inop. High medical drug level.

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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