# Incident 20010816022089I: Cessna 421B, Morristown, NJ, August 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2001, 14:52 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N918SD-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816022089I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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