19891205064029I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Utica, NY · December 5, 1989

Date
December 5, 1989 · 05:06 local
Place
Utica, NY
Airport
Oneida County
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXYA
Aircraft
N4251T
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total80 in this make and model150 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.

NR1 engine seized on climbout. Returned. Investigation revealed engine full of oil but propeller would not turn.

As the FAA filed it

NR1 ENGINE SEIZED ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ENGINE FULL OF OIL BUT PROPELLER WOULD NOT TURN.