# Incident 20171001016609I: Cessna 421C, Montoursville, PA, October 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2017, 11:15 local time
- Place: Montoursville, PA
- Airport: Williamsport Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2417° N, 76.9218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (IPT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2417&lon=-76.9218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6882M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6882M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171001016609I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED INFLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE (LOST POWER) TO ATC WHILE AT CRUISE, ENROUTE KBGM-KPNE, AT 15000 MSL.

PILOT OBSERVED OIL AND SMOKE EMMINATING FROM LEFT NACELLE.

AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO IPT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

INSPECTION OF AIRCREAFT REVEALED LEFT ENGINE #2 CYLINDER HEAD SEPERATED FROM CYLINDER BARREL. CYLINDER ASSEMBLY REMIANED IN PLACE HELD BY EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND ALL COMPONENTS REMAINED WITHIN ENGINE NACELLE.

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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