# Incident 19980404008759I: Cessna 421B, Columbia, MO, April 4, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1998, 18:56 local time
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Airport: Columbia Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4440K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4440K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 380 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980404008759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED LOSING ENGINE POWER FROM NUMBER ONE ENGINE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO COLUMBIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (COU). PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INCIDENT NUMBER CE98IGA0050 CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4440K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900924048929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900924048929A), Sep 24, 1990: Cessna 402B (N4440K), Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed turning off runway after landing. Gear bracket assembly came loose from prior side loading

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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