# Incident 20010409006099I: Cessna 421, Palm Springs, CA, April 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2001
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20GS-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010409006099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 9, 2001, AT 11:54 PST, A CESSNA 421 DEPARTED LONG BEACH, CA. ENROUTE TO ROSWELL, NM. THE A/C DIVERTED TO PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, PALM SPRINGS, CA. WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE PALM SPRINGS CONTROL TOWER REPORTED THE A/C LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT PALM SPRINGS, CA., REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE'S, LEFT MAGNETO DRIVE COUPLING HAD FAILED TO DO AN UNKNOWN METAL THAT HAD PASSED THRU THE MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND A LOCAL ENGINE SHOP WAS DOING THE TEAR DOWN INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCESSORY FAILURE. THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY LOCATED IN LONG BEACH, CA. WILL SUBMIT THE MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT.

## Other reports on N20GS (1)

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

- [Incident 19910110011949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910110011949I), Jan 10, 1991: Cessna 421 (N20GS), San Jose, CA. Aircraft departed end of runway on landing rollout. Brake system had no fluid. Person named as pilot unavailable.

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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