# Accident 19740329015859A: Cessna 421, Bunker, MO, March 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1974
- Place: Bunker, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.4576° N, 91.2116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunker, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4576&lon=-91.2116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3139K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3139K-1974-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740329015859A

## Narrative

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

NO WX UPDATE AT ST LOUIS.LINE OF TSTMS WEST.HEAVY ICING,LOST CTL.HOR STAB & ELEV SEPRTD.

## 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 MKC74AK056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK056), Mar 29, 1974: Cessna 421 (N3139K), Bunker, MO, 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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