# Incident 19930412052079I: Cessna 421C, Indianapolis, IN, April 12, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1993, 20:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85SC-2008-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 30 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930412052079I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROP ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. DEPARTED END OF RUNWAY. FOUND TURBOCHARGER WASTEGATE HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N85SC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070522011769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070522011769A), May 22, 2007: Cessna 421C (N85SC), Kokomo, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) May 22, 2007 at approximately 07:05 am, N85SK a Cessna 421-C departed runway 23 t the Kokomo Municipal Airport with four passengers and a crew of one…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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