# Incident 20050822020449I: Cessna 421B, Lincoln, NE, August 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2005, 13:50 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N411Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050822020449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/22/2005 AT 18:50 GMT N411Z, A CESSNA 421B, SERIAL NUMBER 0482, DEPARTED EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA FOR A LOCAL 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS ADJUSTING THE ELEVATOR TRIM FOR LEVEL FLIGHT AT 12,000 FEET AGL WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD POP EMANATE FROM THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN AT A 75 DEGREE ANGLE AND THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY STATING THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. THE PILOT RECOVERED FROM THE DIVE AT APPROXIMATELY 7,000 FEET AGL AND LANDED AT LINCOLN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N411Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19851002071269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851002071269I), Oct 2, 1985: Cessna 421B (N411Z), Lynchburg, VA. Instructed by ATC to hold short of active runway. Aircraft continued and departed without a clearance.

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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