# Accident 19800919042349A: Cessna 421, Palm Springs, CA, September 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1980, 13:40 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4091L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4091L-2012-11-19) (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 IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,962 total, 362 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800919042349A

## Narrative

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

ONE OR BOTH ENGINES QUIT ON TAKEOFF. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND. POSSIBLE FUEL EXHAUSTION ON MAIN 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 LAX80FUG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG58), Sep 19, 1980: Cessna 421 (N4091L), Palm Springs, CA, destroyed

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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