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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Columbus, OH · February 5, 1988

Date
February 5, 1988 · 08:45 local
Place
Columbus, OH
Airport
Port Columbus International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N16CK
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total1,400 in this make and model140 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.

Engine failure on climbout. Feathered right engine. Returned. Found connecting rod had broken.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE ON CLIMBOUT. FEATHERED RIGHT ENGINE. RETURNED. FOUND CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN.