# Incident 20021218035489I: Cessna 421C, Minneapolis, MN, December 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2002, 22:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79JF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021218035489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE OIL TEMPERATURE PROB, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE OIL COOLER, BLEW OUT. THE SUBSEQUENT OIL LEAK ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLDS CAUSED THE OIL TO CATCH FIRE, BURNING A HOLE IN THE TOP SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING VENT LOUVERS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO MINNEAPOLIS, MN. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 2235.

## Other reports on N79JF (3)

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

- [Incident 20130930020039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130930020039I), Sep 30, 2013: Cessna 421C (N79JF), Waterford, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft landed at ptk with normal (3 green ) landing gear indication and upon touchdown the nose landing gear collapsed causing damage to nose radome fairing,…
- [Incident 19821202067339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821202067339I), Dec 2, 1982: Cessna 421C (N79JF), Magnolia, AR, Minor damage. Drop in manifold pressure and scorched spot on cowl. #3 cylinder exhaust stack broken. Pn 991029523.
- [Incident 19810213013509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810213013509I), Feb 13, 1981: Cessna 421C (N79JF), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Enroute noted manifold pressure drop. After landing found left engine cowling burned. Exhaust stack had broken.

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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