# Accident 19810203002521A: Cessna 421, Ft Lauderdale, FL, February 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1981, 16:08 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4484, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4484-2012-11-29) (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 GTSIO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810203002521A

## Narrative

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

ON GO AROUND,  REMAINED LOW OVER RUNWAY. COLLIDED WITH N739DV AS IT WAS CLIMBING ON A TOUCH AND GO. ATC ALSO REMISS

## Other aircraft in the event

- N739DV, Cessna 172N: [Accident 19810203002522A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810203002522A)

## 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 MIA81FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA042), Feb 3, 1981: Cessna 421 (N4484), Ft Lauderdale, FL, destroyed, 6 fatal

## Other reports on N4484 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800305031069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800305031069I), Mar 5, 1980: Cessna 421 (N4484), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Pilot forced to use emergency gear extension system. Right main gear collapsed. No safety wire or trunion pin found

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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