# Incident 19960508017369I: Cessna 414, Lincoln, NE, May 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1996, 06:50 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: H4CA
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43TG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,466 total, 269 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960508017369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIR TAXI FLIGHT DEPARTED LINCOLN, NE AT 0605 CDT ON MAY 8, 1996 EN ROUTE TO MANKATO, MN. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE QUIT. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN LEVEL AT 7,000 MSL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. AFTER COMPLETING THE ENGINE FAILURE PROCEDURES, HE REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO LINCOLN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CONNECTING ROD BOLT ON NUMBER 5 CYLINDER BROKE RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF LEFT ENGINE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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