# Accident 19800314005829A: Cessna 421B, Tucson, AZ, March 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1980, 16:45 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59RZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59RZ-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,590 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800314005829A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES ELEVATOR BALANCE WEIGHTS NOT INSTALLED AFTER REPAIRS OF SAME. CRASHED OUT OF CONTROL IN PATTERN.

## 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 LAX80FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA064), Mar 14, 1980: Cessna 421B (N59RZ), Tucson, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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