43.0606° N, 70.7803° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Portsmouth, NH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 18, 1988 · 17:56 local
Place
Portsmouth, NH
Airport
Pease Air Force Base
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N555AP
Reported as
Cessna 414
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520J
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,302 total490 in this make and model
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.
Lost oil pressure on reaching cruise altitude and oil on cowl. Shut engine down. Returned. Waste gate valve failed.
As the FAA filed it
LOST OIL PRESSURE ON REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE AND OIL ON COWL. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED. WASTE GATE VALVE FAILED.