# Incident 20120220002449I: Cessna 340A, Bishop, CA, February 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2012, 16:04 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Eastern Sierra Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (BIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3640&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51AP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51AP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 80 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120220002449I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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