# Incident 20130108000159I: Cessna 421C, Opa Locka, FL, January 8, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2013, 08:52 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4492U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4492U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 254 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130108000159I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 08, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30 AM AIRCRAFT N4492U DEPARTED OPF RUNWAY 12, FOR SRQ AND CLIMBED TO 2000FT WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS.  AFTER A FEW MINUTES, AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO TURN LEFT TO A HEADING OF 310 DEGREES AND CLIMB TO 3000FT. PRIOR TO REACHING 3000FT  THE PIC NOTICED THE LEFT ALTERNATOR LIGHT FLICKER,  A DROP IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE IN THE LEFT ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY A SHUDDER AFTER WHICH THE LEFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND THE PROP STOPPED.  THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO RETURN TO OPF.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT OPF WITH NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE FOUR PASSENGERS WHICH INCLUDED THE PILOT. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO ORION JET CENTER.

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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