# Incident 19970124007409I: Cessna U206F, Lancaster, PA, January 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1997, 11:15 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: PTLMT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970124007409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON INT'L AIRPORT ON A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO BINGHAMPTON, NEW YORK AND WAS CLIMBING THRU 5500' MSL, ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF WHEN THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH. ATC WAS CONTACTED AND THE BRAZILIAN REGISTERED CESSNA U206F RECEIVED VECTORS TO LAND AT LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA (LNA). AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 8. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT LANCASTER DISCOVERED THE RIGHT MAGNETO HAD FAILED INTERNALLY. DISASSEMBLY OF THE MAGNETO REVEALED ALL THE TEETH WERE BROKEN OFF THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR (BENDIX P/N 10-349237) WHICH HAS DISCOLORED FROM AGE AND HEAT. MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THE MAGNETO WAS OVERHAULED 43 HOURS PRIOR BY AEROSINOS MANUTENCAO DE AERONAVES LTDA. IN SAO LEOPOLDO, RS, BRAZIL. THE PILOT RETAINED THE DAMAGED MAGNETO TO OBTAIN WARRENTY. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO INFORM BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION IS INDICATED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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