# Incident 19951012041279I: Cessna 401, San Antonio, TX, October 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1995, 09:41 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Kelly Afb
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7916Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7916Q-2007-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951012041279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 12, 1995, AT 0941 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 401 OWNED BY AIR TIME AVIATION OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, SAN ANTONIO, TX. THE PILOT, MR. GREGORY M. OBERT, THE HOLDER OF AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP) CERTIFICATE, WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM LAREDO, TEXAS TO WACO, TEXAS WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND QUIT. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND RUN AT REDUCED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE SEVERELY AND LOST ALL OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE LONE OCCUPANT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CONNECTING ROD FAILURE AND MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE FILED. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7916Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19980223011169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980223011169I), Feb 23, 1998: Cessna 401B (N7916Q), Corpus Christi, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on February 23, 1998, at 21:45 hours, a Cessna 401B owned by halo flight inc., and operated by amigos aviation inc., out of harlingen, landed gear…

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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