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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 421C · Altus, OK · September 4, 1983

Date
September 4, 1983 · 16:07 local
Place
Altus, OK
Airport
Altus
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N111FN
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83FA416
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520L
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
7
Pilot’s flight hours
7,620 total269 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft rolled inverted and crashed shortly after takeoff. Indications of right engine failure, no evidence.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ROLLED INVERTED AND CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. INDICATIONS OF RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE, NO EVIDENCE.

NTSB investigation

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