# Accident 19810809084639A: Cessna 421, Long Beach, CA, August 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19RJ-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 80 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUA13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810809084639A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81FUA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUA13), Aug 9, 1981: Cessna 421 (N19RJ), Long Beach, CA, destroyed

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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