20010816022089I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Morristown, NJ · August 16, 2001

Date
August 16, 2001 · 14:52 local
Place
Morristown, NJ
Airport
Morristown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N918SD
Reported as
Cessna 421B

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) Pilot noticed #2 engine losing oil pressure. Engine was shut down as a precaution, and landed at mmu without incident. Maintenance found #2 engine prop unfeather accumulator pressure line laying on exhaust manifold, which caused the line to leak. Engine was installed in aircraft 100 hours ago.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT NOTICED #2 ENGINE LOSING OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION, AND LANDED AT MMU WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND #2 ENGINE PROP UNFEATHER ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE LINE LAYING ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD, WHICH CAUSED THE LINE TO LEAK. ENGINE WAS INSTALLED IN AIRCRAFT 100 HOURS AGO.