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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · New York, NY · May 30, 1988

Date
May 30, 1988 · 15:15 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
La Guardia
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N125RS
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,200 total1,000 in this make and model450 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.

Oil leak in right engine. Engine was secured and obtained priority for landing. Small engine oil line had cracked.

As the FAA filed it

OIL LEAK IN RIGHT ENGINE. ENGINE WAS SECURED AND OBTAINED PRIORITY FOR LANDING. SMALL ENGINE OIL LINE HAD CRACKED.