# Incident 20190726017599I: Cessna 421C, New Orleans, LA, July 26, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2019, 13:58 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Houma Terrebonne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (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 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190726017599I

## Narrative

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

ASSIGNED GENERAL AVIATION OCCURRENCE RECEIVED FROM MSY MOR REPORTING: NEW ORLEANS, LA (MSY); AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSS OF RIGHT ENGINE; FLIGHT DIVERTED & LANDED HUM AT 1358C, 07/26/2019 1858Z.  THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT REPORTED: WHILE ENROUTE FROM KEFD TO KTLH, NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE.  OBSERVED ENGINE OIL RESIDUE ON THE RIGHT COWLING AND EXECUTED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED TO KHUM AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  A MAINTENANCE PROVIDER AT KHUM (HIRED BY THE OWNER) REPORTED THAT THE #2 CYLINDER ROCKER ARM HOLD DOWN BOLT HAD BACKED OUT AND THE ROCKER ARM PUNCHED A HOLE IN THE ROCKER COVER ALLOWING OIL TO ESCAPE.

## Other reports on N421CW (1)

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

- [Incident 19960905031919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960905031919I), Sep 5, 1996: Cessna 421C (N421CW), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Narrative: on September 5, 1996, around 0710 local, N421CW, a Cessna 421, departed Portland international airport on an IFR flight to tacoma narrows, WA. On…

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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