# Accident 19801229079619A: Cessna 421B, Muskegan, MI, December 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1980, 14:26 local time
- Place: Muskegan, MI
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9394A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9394A-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 186 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DAMS2) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801229079619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE OUT, LOSS OF CONTROL. RADAR SHOWS RAPID DESCENT. PRESUMED CRASHED IN LAKE. LACKED IFR SKILL.

## 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 CHI81DAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DAMS2), Dec 29, 1980: Cessna 421B (N9394A), Muskegon, MI, destroyed, 5 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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