# Incident 19881020059989I: Cessna 421B, Charleston, WV, October 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1988, 13:20 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BGSA
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33FA-2018-12-04) (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: 11,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881020059989I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE AND DROP IN MANIFOLD AND OIL PRESSURE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND RETURNED TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

## Other reports on N33FA (2)

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

- [Accident 20151014020959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151014020959A), Oct 14, 2015: Cessna 421B (N33FA), Hammond, LA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pilot was cleared by tower for an IFR departure to atlanta (katl). Immediately after liftoff from runway 31, a loud pop was heard by witnesses on the ground…
- [Incident 19880113003269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880113003269I), Jan 13, 1988: Cessna 421B (N33FA), New York, NY, Minor damage. Pilots side of the windscreen cracked at cruise. Continued to destination. Found outer skin of plexiglass cracked.

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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