19980108001849I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Great Falls, MT · January 8, 1998

Date
January 8, 1998 · 08:46 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HSRA
Aircraft
N6858C
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,500 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on a scheduled 135 cargo flight from billings, MT (bil) to Great Falls, MT (gtf). The right engine failed due to a broken connecting rod. The aircraft landed in Great Falls, MT. Damage was limited to the engine.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON A SCHEDULED 135 CARGO FLIGHT FROM BILLINGS, MT (BIL) TO GREAT FALLS, MT (GTF). THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED DUE TO A BROKEN CONNECTING ROD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN GREAT FALLS, MT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE.