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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Farmington, NM · March 26, 1993

Date
March 26, 1993 · 15:00 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Airport
Four Corners Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N840AT
Reported as
Cessna 421B
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,550 total26 in this make and model77 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.

Left engine oil cap came off after takeoff. Shut engine down. Returned. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE OIL CAP CAME OFF AFTER TAKEOFF. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY.