# Accident 19810924062209A: Cessna 421C, Hebbronville, TX, September 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1981, 19:15 local time
- Place: Hebbronville, TX
- Airport: Jim Hogg Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3496° N, 98.7369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JIM HOGG COUNTY (HBV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3496&lon=-98.7369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5406J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5406J-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,625 total, 710 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810924062209A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE FAILED AFTER LIFTOFF. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH RIGHT ENGINE REPORTED.

## 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 FTW81FRG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG66), Sep 24, 1981: Cessna 421C (N5406J), Hebbronville, TX, substantial damage

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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