# Incident 20031021029789I: Cessna 421C, Springfield, IL, October 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2003, 18:13 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 715 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031021029789I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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