# Incident 19871111073909I: Cessna 421A, Portland, OR, November 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1987, 20:41 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421TB-2012-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871111073909I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE IN ICING CONDITIONS. ALTERNATE AIR WAS IN THE COLD POSITION. NO ENGINE PROBLEMS FOUND.

## Other reports on N421TB (1)

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

- [Incident 19830324019519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830324019519I), Mar 24, 1983: Cessna 421 (N421TB), Boise, ID. Right engine ran rough. Shut down and feathered. After landing found water in fuel system.

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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