# Accident 19731114041109A: Cessna 421, Plymouth, IN, November 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1973
- Place: Plymouth, IN
- Airport: Plymouth
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.3651° N, 86.3003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (C65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3651&lon=-86.3003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550T-1974-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731114041109A

## Narrative

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

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## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI74AC042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC042), Nov 14, 1973: Cessna 421 (N550T), Plymouth, IN, destroyed, 5 fatal

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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