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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Ontario, CA · October 16, 2015

Date
October 16, 2015 · 14:01 local
Place
Ontario, CA
Airport
Ontario International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N421JJ
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSI0-520-L
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,755 total632 in this make and model68 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.

Aircraft departed imperial airport, CA in route to fresno, CA. The aircraft had just leveled off at cruise altitude, FL 220 when the left engine lost power. The pilot shut down the left engine, declared an emergency and diverted to Ontario iap, CA. The aircraft landed at Ontario iap without further incident, there were no reported injuries and all damage was limited to the left engine.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IMPERIAL AIRPORT, CA IN ROUTE TO FRESNO, CA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST LEVELED OFF AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, FL 220 WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO ONTARIO IAP, CA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ONTARIO IAP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES AND ALL DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT ENGINE.