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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Decatur, IL · April 24, 1992

Date
April 24, 1992 · 16:00 local
Place
Decatur, IL
Airport
Decatur
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SQIA
Aircraft
N444HH
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total450 in this make and model85 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.

Rough running left engine in flight. Forced landing. Bolts attaching NR5 cylinder to base broke.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH RUNNING LEFT ENGINE IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING. BOLTS ATTACHING NR5 CYLINDER TO BASE BROKE.