19811024069299A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 421B · Camarillo, CA · October 24, 1981

Date
October 24, 1981 · 01:16 local
Place
Camarillo, CA
Airport
Oxnard
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N14AC
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FA006
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total320 in this make and model86 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost control of aircraft on ILS approach. Weather below minimal. Near vertical rotational impact. Glide slope inop.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON ILS APPROACH. WEATHER BELOW MINIMAL. NEAR VERTICAL ROTATIONAL IMPACT. GLIDE SLOPE INOP.

NTSB investigation

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