# Accident 19800817036649A: Cessna 421A, Lancaster, CA, August 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1980, 13:12 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Fox
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3138K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3138K-2023-08-05) (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 421A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 15 in this make and model, 370 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUQ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUQ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800817036649A

## Narrative

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

ENGINES QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING. FUEL SELECTORS ON EMPTY 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 LAX80FUQ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUQ22), Aug 17, 1980: Cessna 421A (N3138K), Lancaster, CA, 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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