# Incident 20210806016719I: Cessna 421B, Torrance, CA, August 6, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2021, 06:49 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Zamperini Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8034° N, 118.3396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZAMPERINI FLD (TOA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8034&lon=-118.3396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N110DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N110DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210806016719I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CLIMBING OUT DURING DEPARTURE FROM CATALINA ISLAND ,AT 7500 AGL ,RIGHT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE SHOOK AND THREW # 3 ROD THROUGH THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND SAFELY LAND AT TORRANCE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS NO PERSONS WERE INJURED. ENGINE BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIRS NO INVESTIGATION FOR CAUSE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY OWNER HE HAS ELECTED TO REPLACE ENGINE WITH USED OR OVERHAULED ENGINE.

## Other reports on N110DH (1)

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

- [Incident 19950415012339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950415012339I), Apr 15, 1995: Cessna 421B (N110DH), Chesapeake, VA, Minor damage. High speed taxi test. Lost control during gusty crosswind and unfamiliar with high speed taxi.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.