# Incident 20041022027099I: Cessna 441, Eugene, OR, October 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2004, 16:22 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N564AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N564AC-2009-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041022027099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM MEDFORD, OR TO VICTORIA, BC DIVERTED TO EUGENE, OR DUE TO A WINDSHIELD DE-ICE SYSTEM OVERHEAT INDICATION. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT DURING FLIGHT THE WINDSHIELD DE-ICE WAS CYCLED TO CLEAR WATER FROM THE NOZZLES. WHEN IT WAS SHUT-OFF THE VALVE DID NOT CLOSE AND THE SYSTEM INDICATED AN OVERHEAT. ABOUT 10 MIN. LATER THE VALVE SHUT. TROUBLESHOOTING AFTER LANDING DETERMINED THAT SOLENOID ACTUATOR COULD BE SLOW TO REACT, INTERMITTENTLY. SOLENOID WAS REPLACED. SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N564AC (1)

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

- [Accident 20020618013019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020618013019A), Jun 18, 2002: Cessna 441 (N564AC), Medford, OR, No damage. (-23) Right main landing gear collapsed on landing. Cockpit indications showed "unsafe" retraction and "safe" gear extension for landing. Forward pivot trunion…

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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