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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Winslow, AZ · November 13, 2000

Date
November 13, 2000 · 20:40 local
Place
Winslow, AZ
Airport
Winslow Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DYVA
Aircraft
N4119M
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,100 total1,200 in this make and model160 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.

(-23) The aircraft lost power at 15,500 ft MSL during cruise. The pilot shut down the engine and feathered the prop. The pilot landed safely at the Winslow, AZ airport (inw) with no damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the occupants. The cause for the loss of power was due to a reference line for the upper deck compressor had come loose from the engine. This caused the engine's mixture to become rich. The dom performed repairs on this aircraft at Winslow. He determined that oil residue on the metal tube which the rubber hose attached had slipped off. The clamp used to hold this assembly together was also loose. The operator submitted a malfunction/defect report. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT 15,500 FT MSL DURING CRUISE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROP. THE PILOT LANDED SAFELY AT THE WINSLOW, AZ AIRPORT (INW) WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE CAUSE FOR THE LOSS OF POWER WAS DUE TO A REFERENCE LINE FOR THE UPPER DECK COMPRESSOR HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE'S MIXTURE TO BECOME RICH. THE DOM PERFORMED REPAIRS ON THIS AIRCRAFT AT WINSLOW. HE DETERMINED THAT OIL RESIDUE ON THE METAL TUBE WHICH THE RUBBER HOSE ATTACHED HAD SLIPPED OFF. THE CLAMP USED TO HOLD THIS ASSEMBLY TOGETHER WAS ALSO LOOSE. THE OPERATOR SUBMITTED A MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.