20031021029789I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Springfield, IL · October 21, 2003

Date: October 21, 2003 · 18:13 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N421ML
Reported as: Cessna 421C
Reported engine: Continental GTSIO520L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 715 total150 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N421MLRegistered now · Cessna 421CS/N 421C0880 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna 421C Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520 seriesTurbo-prop

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) On 10-21-2003, while on a personal business flight the appropriately certificated and qualified pilot and sole occupant was flying from anderson, in to Colorado springs, CO. Approximately 25 miles northeast of spi at an altitude of 4500 MSL the PIC experienced a partial loss of power and a rough running right engine. The PIC declared an emergency and contacted spi approach control. The PIC was vectored to spi airport and made an uneventful landing and taxied to the ramp. The PIC exited the aircraft without injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 10-21-2003, WHILE ON A PERSONAL BUSINESS FLIGHT THE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFICATED AND QUALIFIED PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FLYING FROM ANDERSON, IN TO COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPI AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4500 MSL THE PIC EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER AND A ROUGH RUNNING RIGHT ENGINE. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CONTACTED SPI APPROACH CONTROL. THE PIC WAS VECTORED TO SPI AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.