# Incident 19940115001699I: Cessna 340A, Decorah, IA, January 15, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1994, 13:30 local time
- Place: Decorah, IA
- Airport: Decorah Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2755° N, 91.7394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECORAH MUNI (DEH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2755&lon=-91.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N550S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940115001699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS FLYING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM; ROCHESTER, MN (RST) TO INDIANAPOLIS, IN (UMP). APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES WEST OF DECORAH WHILE AT CRUISE AT 17,000 FT. MSL, THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO THROW OIL. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN DECORAH, IOWA. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIR/OIL SEPARATOR HAD FROZEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT IN A HEATED HANGAR AND RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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