# Incident 19950217006779I: Cessna 441, San Antonio, TX, February 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1995, 22:30 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2722D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2722D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 200 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950217006779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 19, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 CST, A CESSNA 441 OWNED BY U.S.A. GASOLINE CORPORATION, HAD AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN DURING A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. IFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GARRETT TPE331 ENGINE AND THE PILOT AND 7 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT, MR. CHRISTOPHER R. MEEHAN, CERTIFICATE #48440373, ORIGINATED THE FLIGHT AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 17, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 PST. SEE PILOT'S STATEMENT DATED 3/6/95, FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF ENGINE SHUT-DOWN. ENGINE REMOVED AND SENT TO GARRETT ENGINE FACILITY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. DEFECTIVE PART (TORQUE SENSOR) FORWARDED TO GARRETT INSPECTION FACILITY AT PHOENIX, AZ. M OR D REPORT TO BE FORWARDED FROM THAT FACILITY. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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