# Incident 20130417007549I: Cessna 421B, Sugarland, TX, April 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2013, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sugarland, TX
- Airport: Sugarland Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGAR LAND RGNL (SGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421PK-2017-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,625 total, 350 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130417007549I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 17, 2013 THE PIC WAS FLYING FROM KAMA (AMARILLO) TO KIWS (WEST HOUSTON) AT 17,000 FT.  AS HE APPROACHED HOUSTON HE BEGAN HIS DECENT AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH 10,000 FT, WITH ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS INDICATING NORMAL, THE NO. 2 (R/H) ENGINE PRODUCED A LOUD BANG WITH YAWING OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT.  THE PIC IMMEDIATELY SHUTOFF THE FUEL AND FEATHERED THE PROP WHILE STABILIZING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FLIGHT WAS THEN DIVERTED TO KSGR (SUGARLAND) BY REQUEST, WHERE A SINGLE ENGINE EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AFTER TAXI TO THE PARKING TARMAC, THE PIC FOUND, DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE TROUBLED ENGINE, THAT THE NO. 5 CYLINDER WAS DISPLACED WITH INTERNAL ENGINE PARTS STREWN EXTERNALLY OVER THE ENGINE EXTERIOR.

## Other reports on N421PK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150417005489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150417005489A), Apr 17, 2015: Cessna 421B (N421PK), Diboll, TX, Substantial damage. The Cessna twin engine aircraft departed angelina county airport at approximately 07:58 local time on an IFR flight plan to iws, houston, Texas. Approximately…

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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