# Accident 19790409019729A: Cessna 421, Lakeway, TX, April 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1979, 12:45 local time
- Place: Lakeway, TX
- Airport: Lakeway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3548° N, 97.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeway, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3548&lon=-97.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4584L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4584L-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (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: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 60 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790409019729A

## Narrative

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

OVERSHOT RUNWAY. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO ROCKS. PILOT REPORTED ONE BRAKE OUT. FOUND LEFT BRAKE WORN THIN.

## 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 FTW79FRG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG25), Apr 9, 1979: Cessna 421 (N4584L), Lakeway, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4584L (1)

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

- [Accident 20070130000909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070130000909A), Jan 30, 2007: Cessna 421 (N4584L), Pocatello, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Ida to U01, climbing through 9400' MSL to 10500' MSL, pilot heard a bang, experienced flight control flutter and controllability issues. Pilot declared…

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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