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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 421B · Destin, FL · February 29, 1976

Date
February 29, 1976
Place
Destin, FL
Airport
Destin-Ft Walton
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N76ST
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA76FLA35
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,297 total334 in this make and model184 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Due otr acft holding on taxiway,plt elected to taxi across sandy area to get to the rwy.

As the FAA filed it

DUE OTR ACFT HOLDING ON TAXIWAY,PLT ELECTED TO TAXI ACROSS SANDY AREA TO GET TO THE RWY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.