# Accident 19781129036929A: Cessna 421, Salt Lake City, UT, November 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1978
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38J-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,975 total, 51 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781129036929A

## Narrative

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

RETURNED TO VOR AFTER DEVIATING OFF COURSE DRG ILS.

## 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 DEN79FTM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTM04), Nov 29, 1978: Cessna 421A (N38J), Salt Lake City, UT, 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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