# Accident 19750808027829A: Cessna 421B, Grand Rapids, MN, August 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1975
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Airport: Grand Rapids Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 47.2385° N, 93.5326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2385&lon=-93.5326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69860 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,884 total, 150 in this make and model, 313 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC7LFER18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC7LFER18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750808027829A

## Narrative

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

PROGRESSIVE INSP PROGRAM,ACFT OPERATED 20 HRS SINCE LAST INSP.BRAKE DISCS WORN.

## 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 MKC7LFER18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC7LFER18), Aug 8, 1975: Cessna 421B (N69860), Grand Rapids, MN, substantial damage

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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