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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Bishop, CA · February 20, 2012

Date
February 20, 2012 · 16:04 local
Place
Bishop, CA
Airport
Eastern Sierra Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N51AP
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total80 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Enroute ucc to vgt. After climbing to altitude, pilot noticed a fluctuation in manifold pressure on the #1 engine (left) followed shortly by a loss in power. Pilot shut down the engine, feathered the propeller, declared an emergency and landed at Bishop, CA (bih) without further incident. No injuries to pilot and no damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ENROUTE UCC TO VGT. AFTER CLIMBING TO ALTITUDE, PILOT NOTICED A FLUCTUATION IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE ON THE #1 ENGINE (LEFT) FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A LOSS IN POWER. PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, FEATHERED THE PROPELLER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT BISHOP, CA (BIH) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.