# Incident 20170818015839I: Cessna 414A, Muscle Shoals, AL, August 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2017, 16:50 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Northwest Alabama Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7453° N, 87.6102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL (MSL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7453&lon=-87.6102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8789B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8789B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-NB (registry code 17265, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-nb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,410 total, 1,046 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170818015839I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AT 15,000 FT. MSL, EN ROUTE FROM KMKL TO KDTS , THE RIGHT ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DECAYED. THE RIGHT MANIFOLD PRESSURE BEGAN TO INCREASE WITH RIGHT THROTTLE ADVANCEMENT. THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE AND OBSERVED OIL STREAMING FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE COWLING AROUND THE OIL FILLER DOOR. THE PILOT SECURED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND INFORMED ATC OF THE SITUATION AND DIVERTED TO KMSL AND MADE A SAFE LANDING.

## Other reports on N8789B (1)

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

- [Incident 20240830012979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240830012979I), Aug 30, 2024: Cessna 414A (N8789B), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. During crusie level flight at 16K rapid decompression, the front right windscreen was completely blew out, diverted, landed without further incident. The…

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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