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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Fresno, CA · November 16, 1990

Date
November 16, 1990 · 13:53 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1510G
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental O470B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,600 total4,200 in this make and model350 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.

Loss of oil pressure on right engine. Shut down. Diverted to Fresno. Had NR2 cylinder valve cover gasket failure.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON RIGHT ENGINE. SHUT DOWN. DIVERTED TO FRESNO. HAD NR2 CYLINDER VALVE COVER GASKET FAILURE.