# Incident 20120208001759I: Cessna 414A, Sandpoint, ID, February 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2012, 17:04 local time
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2817° N, 116.5600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandpoint, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2817&lon=-116.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2664L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2664L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120208001759I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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