# Accident 19790805028229A: Cessna 421, Norfolk, VA, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979, 16:04 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3126K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3126K-2009-07-29) (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
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FID24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805028229A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE EN ROUTE. TRIED EMERGENCY LANDING AT ARPT. LET ACFT GET LOW AND BELOW VMC ON FINAL APPROACH.

## 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 IAD79FID24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID24), Aug 5, 1979: Cessna 421 (N3126K), Norfolk, VA, destroyed

## Other reports on N3126K (1)

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

- [Accident 19740127001329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740127001329A), Jan 27, 1974: Cessna 421 (N3126K), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. L MN gr hit bravo taxiway. Gr collapsed.

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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