# Accident 19761211042369A: Cessna 421B, Winchester, IN, December 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1976
- Place: Winchester, IN
- Airport: Randolph County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.1677° N, 84.9294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANDOLPH COUNTY (I22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1677&lon=-84.9294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N570C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N570C-1977-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,258 total, 0 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761211042369A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED MUNCIE SPCL VFR CLNC.WITNESSES ESTIMATED 3 OR 4 APCHS TO ARPT.

## 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 CHI76FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FA013), Dec 11, 1976: Cessna 421B (N570C), Winchester, IN, destroyed, 1 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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