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https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-rockford-airport/amp/

(this has to be the absolute calmest engine failure I've every heard.)

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — First responders rushed to the Chicago Rockford International Airport on Wednesday afternoon after a small plane circled in for an emergency landing.

According to FlightAware, the twin-engine Cessna Chancellor flight originated at Iron Mountain Airport in Kingsford, Michigan, and departed there at 3:35 p.m.
Reports suggested the plane had lost power to one of its engines.

  At 4:37 p.m., multiple fire departments responded to the airport as the plane was on approach.

It landed safely at 5 p.m.


https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/563281

Type:   Silhouette image of generic C414 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different   
Cessna 414A Chancellor
Owner/operator:   Raptor 414 AirMotive LLC
Registration:   N414MD
MSN:   414A0436
Year of manufacture:   1979
Fatalities:   Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:   0
Aircraft damage:   Unknown
Category:   Incident
Location:   Chicago/Rockford International Airport, IL (RFD/KRFD) -    United States of America
Phase:   Approach
Nature:   Private
Departure airport:   Iron Mountain-Ford Airport, MI (IMT/KIMT)
Destination airport:   Chicago/Rockford International Airport, IL (RFD/KRFD)
Investigating agency:    NTSB
Confidence Rating:    Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Cessna 414, N414MD, suffered an engine failure on approach to Chicago Rockford. The aircraft landed safely.