# Incident 20100125026699I: Cessna 421C, Ft. Smith, AR, January 25, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2010, 08:50 local time
- Place: Ft. Smith, AR
- Airport: Ft Smith Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421JP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421JP) (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 MOTOR GTSI0-520-F-K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100125026699I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/25/2010 AT 0850CST APPROX 5 MILES NW OF OZARK, AR AT 7000 FEET, THE PILOT OF N421JP NOTICED THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE INDICATION ON THE LEFT ENGINE WAS READING AMBIENT PRESSURE. HE LOOKED OUT AT THE ENGINE AND SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE LOUVERS OF THE UPPER LEFT ENGINE COWL. HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AT WHICH TIME THE FIRE IMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED. HE FOLLOWED HIS EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT FSM WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT.

## Other reports on N421JP (1)

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

- [Incident 19940505014099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940505014099I), May 5, 1994: Cessna 421C (N421JP), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Upon landing the altitude controller unit slid out of the mount, restricted elevator movement. Made hard landing.

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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