# Incident 19950406047709I: Cessna 421B, Portage, WI, April 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1995, 17:00 local time
- Place: Portage, WI
- Airport: Portage Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EBFA
- Location: 43.5603° N, 89.4829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE MUNI (C47), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5603&lon=-89.4829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4MU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4MU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950406047709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MADISON, WI (MSN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF PILOT NOTED LH ENGINE OIL TEMP INCREASING ENGINE STARTED EMITTING SMOKE, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. PILOT MADE UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING AT PORTAGE, WI (C47) INVESTIGATION REVEALED PROPELLER/ENGINE REDUCTION GEAR/BEARINGS HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N4MU (2)

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

- [Incident 20171011016429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171011016429I), Oct 11, 2017: Cessna 421B (N4MU), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. N4MU was cleared to land on 36L. All checks were completed and the aircraft landed normally. On the roll-out the aircraft was slowed using nirmal braking and…
- [Incident 19941104045529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941104045529I), Nov 4, 1994: Cessna 421B (N4MU), Waupaca, WI, Minor damage. Struck a deer on landing roll. Left main gear collapsed.

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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