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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 421 · Long Beach, CA · August 9, 1981

Date
August 9, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N19RJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FUA13
Reported as
Cessna 421
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total80 in this make and model83 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.

Both engine quit. Hit wires, fence on forced landing. Fuel selectors on empty tank.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINE QUIT. HIT WIRES, FENCE ON FORCED LANDING. FUEL SELECTORS ON EMPTY TANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.