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FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · San Antonio, TX · March 28, 1995

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Date
March 28, 1995 · 17:05 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
San Antonio International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
IBUA
Aircraft
N411MZ
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total400 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N411MZRegistered now · Cessna 421CS/N 421C1002 · Built 1980Airframe modelCessna 421CEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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Narrative: on March 28, 1995, at 5:05 p.m. CST, a Cessna 421C, N411MZ, owned and operated by critical air medicine, inc., (ibua), experienced a rough running engine after departure form San Antonio International Airport (sat). The pilot, Mr. Foster sinclair declared an emergency and returned to sat without incident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft was not damaged and there were no injuries to the pilot or the two passengers on board. Mr. Sinclair holds a commercial pilots certificate with an ATP. Maintenance personnel indicated that a fuel injector line had cracked on the #1 cylinder of the right engine causing it to run rough. The fuel injector line was replaced and the engine was ground run with no discrepancy. This office considers this incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 28, 1995, AT 5:05 P.M. CST, A CESSNA 421C, N411MZ, OWNED AND OPERATED BY CRITICAL AIR MEDICINE, INC., (IBUA), EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AFTER DEPARTURE FORM SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SAT). THE PILOT, MR. FOSTER SINCLAIR DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO SAT WITHOUT INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. MR. SINCLAIR HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOTS CERTIFICATE WITH AN ATP. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INDICATED THAT A FUEL INJECTOR LINE HAD CRACKED ON THE #1 CYLINDER OF THE RIGHT ENGINE CAUSING IT TO RUN ROUGH. THE FUEL INJECTOR LINE WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE WAS GROUND RUN WITH NO DISCREPANCY. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.