# Accident 19791209034119A: Cessna 421B, Lafayette, LA, December 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regiona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5970M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5970M-1982-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,413 total, 101 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209034119A

## Narrative

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

MAIN FUEL TANKS EMPTY. FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS SHOWED FULL FUEL. FUEL WAS AVAILABLE IN AUXILIARY TANKS

## 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 FTW80FRD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD11), Dec 9, 1979: Cessna 421B (N5970M), Lafayette, LA, 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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