# Incident 20010506012889I: Cessna 421B, Cedar Rapids, IA, May 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2001, 21:30 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N856A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N856A-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 60 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010506012889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM GREEBAY, WISCONSIN, TO OLATHE, KANSAS, WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED OIL STREAMING FROM THE COWLING ON THE #1 ENGINE. THE PILOT THEN CONTACTED THE CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA TOWER (CID), STATED HE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO LAND. HE WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO LAND AT CID. HE THEN CONTACTED CID TOWER AGAIN AND STATED HE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE #1 ENGINE.  THE CONTROLLER DECLARED AND EMERGENCY.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AT 0130Z. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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