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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Albuquerque, NM · March 31, 1981

Date
March 31, 1981 · 06:30 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2659M
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total250 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During takeoff lost left rudder control. Returned and found cable broken.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF LOST LEFT RUDDER CONTROL. RETURNED AND FOUND CABLE BROKEN.