20040727020229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Louisville, KY · July 27, 2004

Date
July 27, 2004 · 09:21 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Louisville International Apt
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N26GD
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,700 total500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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) CE-421 took off out of lexington, KY enroute to gilbertsville, KY climbed to 8000 lost left engine, inflight shut down, landed safely at sdf. After landing owner/pilot stated oil all over aircraft and when top cowling removed found hole in engine behind right rear cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CE-421 TOOK OFF OUT OF LEXINGTON, KY ENROUTE TO GILBERTSVILLE, KY CLIMBED TO 8000 LOST LEFT ENGINE, INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN, LANDED SAFELY AT SDF. AFTER LANDING OWNER/PILOT STATED OIL ALL OVER AIRCRAFT AND WHEN TOP COWLING REMOVED FOUND HOLE IN ENGINE BEHIND RIGHT REAR CYLINDER.