# Incident 19961018036509I: Cessna 550, Rochester, NY, October 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1996, 08:48 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SFOA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6846T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6846T-2007-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961018036509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LOW OIL PRESSURE RIGHT ENGINE, SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE AND RETURNED TO ROC. LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND COTTER PIN THAT SECURES THE PIVOT PIN FOR THE EMERGENCY FUEL SHUT-OFF LEVER FAILED ALLOWING THE PIVOT PIN FOR THE EMERGENCY FUEL SHUT-OFF LEVER FAILED ALLOWING THE PIVOT PIN, LEVER, AND ACTUATING ROD TO FALL INTO THE INTERIOR CAVITY OF THE EXHAUST DUCT. THIS PERMITTED OIL FROM THE #4 BEARING TO PASS THROUGH THE BOSS INTO THE EXHAUST DUCT CAVITY AND OVERBOARD. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED 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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