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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Aurora, OR · November 21, 2012

Date
November 21, 2012 · 11:15 local
Place
Aurora, OR
Airport
Aurora State
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N2668A
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

4 Ea engine cylinder base studs sheared in flight. Pilot shut down engine due to vibration. Overboost/over torque not suspected. Engine removed; sent to ram engines for analysis. SDR filed #2012FA0000810.

As the FAA filed it

4 EA ENGINE CYLINDER BASE STUDS SHEARED IN FLIGHT. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE DUE TO VIBRATION. OVERBOOST/OVER TORQUE NOT SUSPECTED. ENGINE REMOVED; SENT TO RAM ENGINES FOR ANALYSIS. SDR FILED #2012FA0000810.