# Accident 19810816049999A: Cessna 421, Springfield, IL, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 12:10 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14TC-1990-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEV31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEV31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049999A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RAISE GEAR ON TAKEOFF. LANDED TO JAR GEAR LOOSE. RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED. FOUND BENT SUPPORT TUBE.

## 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 CHI81FEV31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEV31), Aug 16, 1981: Cessna 421 (N14TC), Springfield, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N14TC (1)

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

- [Accident 19840720033699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840720033699A), Jul 20, 1984: Cessna 421 (N14TC), Birchwood, WI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Switched to aux tanks too soon, vented fuel overboard. Fuel exhaustion, both engines quit. Steep angle impact.

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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