# Incident 19980108001849I: Cessna 421C, Great Falls, MT, January 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1998, 08:46 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HSRA
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6858C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6858C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980108001849I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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