# Incident 19810714056839I: Cessna 421, Normangels, TX, July 14, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Normangels, TX
- Airport: Hilltop Lakes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0808° N, 96.2150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILLTOP LAKES (0TE4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0808&lon=-96.2150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810714056839I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO SOFT AREA AND PROPS WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N421RM (1)

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

- [Incident 19980713016619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980713016619I), Jul 13, 1998: Cessna 421A (N421RM), Apalachicola, FL, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he circled the field for over an hour burning fuel and trying to manually lower the gear. On touchdown the right main gear folded once weight…

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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