# Incident 19960402011369I: Cessna 421C, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1996, 11:50 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67934 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520N
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960402011369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 9000 FEET, AFTER DEPARTURE FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. A SLIGHT LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WITH AN INCREASE IN OIL AND CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE WAS OBSERVED. PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND RETURNED TO SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT FOR LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION FOR LOSS OF POWER REVEALED NO COMPRESSION IN THE #5 CYLINDER, REMOVAL OF THE CYLINDER SHOWED THAT THE PISTON DOME HAD BEEN COMPLETELY BURNED THROUGH. MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT WAS ISSUED BY MILLION AIR. THIS INCIDENT REQUIRED NO FURTHER ACTION.

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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