# Incident 19960929039119I: Cessna 421C, Little Rock, AR, September 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1996, 18:34 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76737 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960929039119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT; ON 09/29/96, AT 1834 CDT, A CESSNA 421C, N76737, REGISTERED TO JUNIOR FOOD STORES, MERIDIAN, MS DIVERTED TO ADAMS FIELD (LIT), LITTLE ROCK, AR FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO AN OIL LEAK AND STREAKING ON THE COWLING OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN DAY VFR CONDITIONS TO MERIDIAN, MS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES. THE PILOT IN COMMAND IS A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MOUNTAIN HOME, AR. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT; THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. TEST AND RESEARCH; VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE OIL FILLER CAP HAD LOOSENED AND WAS FOUND HANGING BY THE CHAIN. THE ENGINE WAS CLEANED UP AND THE OIL LOST (1 QT) WAS REPLENISHED. THE ENGINES WERE RUN-UP FOR AN OPERATIONAL CHECK. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LIT AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT MERIDIAN, MS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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