# Incident 19790102000919I: Cessna 421C, Eagle, CO, January 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1979, 17:25 local time
- Place: Eagle, CO
- Airport: County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6432° N, 106.8213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eagle, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6432&lon=-106.8213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98489, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98489-1995-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790102000919I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ICY RUNWAY. RIGHT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS EMPTY. NOT SERVICED FOR 5 MONTHS.

## Other reports on N98489 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19921212049839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921212049839A), Dec 12, 1992: Cessna 421C (N98489), Wilsonville, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Rolled inverted dived. Began pullup. Struck tree and crashed. No anomalies. Possible intentional roll.

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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