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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Sandpoint, ID · February 8, 2012

Date: February 8, 2012 · 17:04 local
Place: Sandpoint, ID
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2664L
Reported as: Cessna 414A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total400 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N2664LRegistered now · Cessna 414AS/N 414A0535 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 414A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft was on a IFR flight from tacoma, WA. To Sandpoint, ID. After turning at initial approach fix over hayden, ID pax heard vibration noise in cabin. The pilot then noticed that the cabin altimeter was climbing and the cabin pressure was dropping. Pilot requested an emergency descent to lower atitude and continued the approach and landing to Sandpoint airport without further incident. Inspection of the aircraft showed that the fuselage metal around an fm antenna mounted to the top of the cabin was torn. Further inspection on the inside of the fuselage showed that there was no doubler under the antenna base.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A IFR FLIGHT FROM TACOMA, WA. TO SANDPOINT, ID. AFTER TURNING AT INITIAL APPROACH FIX OVER HAYDEN, ID PAX HEARD VIBRATION NOISE IN CABIN. THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THAT THE CABIN ALTIMETER WAS CLIMBING AND THE CABIN PRESSURE WAS DROPPING. PILOT REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO LOWER ATITUDE AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDING TO SANDPOINT AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THAT THE FUSELAGE METAL AROUND AN FM ANTENNA MOUNTED TO THE TOP OF THE CABIN WAS TORN. FURTHER INSPECTION ON THE INSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBLER UNDER THE ANTENNA BASE.