# Accident 19780603023319A: Cessna 421, Truxton, AZ, June 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1978
- Place: Truxton, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 35.4901° N, 113.5646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Truxton, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4901&lon=-113.5646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5977M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,670 total, 253 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780603023319A

## Narrative

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

OIL FEED HOLE TO OUTBD THRUST BRNG PLUGGED,METAL PARTICLES.LNDD OY,HIT PARKED MOTORHOME.

## 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 LAX78FUJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ66), Jun 3, 1978: Cessna 421B (N5977M), Truxton, AZ, 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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