# Incident 20040727020229I: Cessna 421C, Louisville, KY, July 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2004, 09:21 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26GD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26GD) (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 GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,700 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040727020229I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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