19820406010609A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 421B · Ft Lauderdale, FL · April 6, 1982

Date
April 6, 1982 · 16:15 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
YV270
Reported as
Cessna 421B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,140 total900 in this make and model66 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Engines quit on final from fuel depletion on one side and mismanagement of fuel selectors. Crashed on a beach.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINES QUIT ON FINAL FROM FUEL DEPLETION ON ONE SIDE AND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL SELECTORS.CRASHED ON A BEACH.