# Incident 20050317004319I: Cessna 421C, Bloomington-Nor, IL, March 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2005, 11:19 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421GM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421GM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050317004319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 17, 2005 AT ABOUT 11:18 CST THE APPROPRIATELY RATED AND QUALIFIED PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 29 FOR A LOCAL PART 91 FLIGHT. AT ABOUT 1/2 MILE OFF THE RUNWAY THE PIC NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PIC SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, CALLED THE BMI TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, THEN RETURED TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 29. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED IN ANY WAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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