# Incident 19960905031919I: Cessna 421C, Portland, OR, September 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1996, 10:10 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland/Hillsboro Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5421° N, 122.9507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-HILLSBORO (HIO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5421&lon=-122.9507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 800 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960905031919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1996, AROUND 0710 LOCAL, N421CW, A CESSNA 421, DEPARTED PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO TACOMA NARROWS, WA. ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WERE THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS. SHORTLY AFTER GEAR RETRACTION ON TAKEOFF, THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE AND HYDRAULIC FLUID COMING OUT OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN LOWERED THE GEAR AND ONLY GOT AN INDICATION THAT THE RIGHT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE FLIGHT THEN DIVERTED TO HILLSBORO, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED. WITH THE HELP OF GROUND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, MR. ARENDELL, THE PIC, TRIED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WITH NO SUCCESS. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT HILLSBORO, OREGON AROUND 1010 LOCAL TIME SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.

## Other reports on N421CW (1)

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

- [Incident 20190726017599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190726017599I), Jul 26, 2019: Cessna 421C (N421CW), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. Assigned general aviation occurrence received from msy mor reporting: New Orleans, LA (msy); aircraft declared an emergency due to loss of right engine; flight…

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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