# Accident 19770112000289A: Cessna 421A, Sandpoint, ID, January 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1977
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Airport: City-County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 48.2817° N, 116.5600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandpoint, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2817&lon=-116.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421MF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421MF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,378 total, 1,135 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77DYP16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYP16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770112000289A

## Narrative

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

RT BRAKE LOCKED.ACFT SWERVED RT INTO SNOWBANK.

## 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 SEA77DYP16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYP16), Jan 12, 1977: Cessna 421A (N421MF), Sandpoint, ID, 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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