# Accident 19760128001669A: Cessna 421, Iowa Park, TX, January 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1976
- Place: Iowa Park, TX
- Airport: Wichita Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.9476° N, 98.6161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICHITA VALLEY (F14), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9476&lon=-98.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3160K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3160K-1997-02-18) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 110 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FPD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FPD27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760128001669A

## Narrative

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

INTERMITTENT OPN OF L FUEL BOOST PUMP MICRO SWITCH.PLT DIDNT FEATH PROP,UN MAINTAIN FLT.

## 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 FTW76FPD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FPD27), Jan 28, 1976: Cessna 421 (N3160K), Iowa Park, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3160K (1)

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

- [Accident 19740913032929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740913032929A), Sep 13, 1974: Cessna 421 (N3160K), Westfield, MA, Substantial damage. Chk plt secured r eng,un restart. Plt atmtd ILS apch,VFR cond.l eng failed,lndd shrt. Crossed road

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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