# Incident 20060515011709I: Cessna 421B, Omaha, NE, May 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2006, 16:55 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8017Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8017Q-2022-07-30) (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
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060515011709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N8017Q, CE-421-B, WAS ENROUTE FROM KOKOMO, IN, TO LINCOLN, NE. AT CRUISE ALTITUDE THE PILOT NOTICED A LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION AND AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE INDICATION. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE, DIVERTED TO OMAHA, NE, AND LANDED SAFELY. MECHANICS FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM THE BACK OF THE ALTERNATOR. THE ALTERNATOR, SEAL, AND HARDWARE WERE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N8017Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20170824017999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170824017999I), Aug 24, 2017: Cessna 421B (N8017Q), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. On August 24, 2017, at 2100 hrs, a Cessna 421 aircraft bearing registration number N-8017Q, registered to private individual, landed long on approach and…

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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