# Accident 19760918036499A: Cessna 421B, Ashdown, AR, September 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1976
- Place: Ashdown, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.6745° N, 94.1266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashdown, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6745&lon=-94.1266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29RX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29RX-1977-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,079 total, 533 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760918036499A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DISINTEGRATED. RECOVERY DATE 9/19/76.

## 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 FTW76AF122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF122), Sep 18, 1976: Cessna 421B (N29RX), Ashdown, AR, destroyed, 3 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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