19891202048899I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · West Palm Beach, FL · December 2, 1989

Date
December 2, 1989 · 12:27 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8074Q
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,062 total800 in this make and model66 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 problem on left engine on climb. Secured and returned. Landed hard and gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

OIL PROBLEM ON LEFT ENGINE ON CLIMB. SECURED AND RETURNED. LANDED HARD AND GEAR COLLAPSED.