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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 421B · Buckeye, AZ · May 6, 1983

Date
May 6, 1983 · 20:00 local
Place
Buckeye, AZ
Airport
Harquahala
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N315CC
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83LA259
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520H
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,346 total284 in this make and model110 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.

Pilot was attempting night landing on unlighted strip. Carlights directed wrong way, aircraft landed short.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING NIGHT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED STRIP. CARLIGHTS DIRECTED WRONG WAY, AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT.

NTSB investigation

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