# Accident 19790111000679A: Cessna 421, Craig, CO, January 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Craig, CO
- Airport: Craig Moffat
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.4952° N, 107.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRAIG-MOFFAT (CAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4952&lon=-107.5217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200CH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,419 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790111000679A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRFT LANDED ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. WING STRUCK SNOWBANK CAUSING LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## 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 DEN79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA014), Jan 11, 1979: Cessna 421A (N200CH), Craig, CO, 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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