# Accident 19810830052589A: Cessna 421C, Rutland, OH, August 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1981, 14:48 local time
- Place: Rutland, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0413° N, 82.1286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rutland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0413&lon=-82.1286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6867R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6867R-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810830052589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING IN TRAIL OF AIRCRAFT ON IFR FLIGHT. BOTH AIRCRAFT ENTERED IMC AND PILOT OF CESSNA LOST CONTROL.

## 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 CHI81FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA094), Aug 30, 1981: Cessna 421C (N6867R), Rutland, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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