19831009055629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 421C · Center, CO · October 9, 1983

Date
October 9, 1983 · 10:20 local
Place
Center, CO
Airport
Leach
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N700JW
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,330 total74 in this make and model49 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.

Left engine overboosted on takeoff. Aircraft left the runway and hit a dirt bank. Turbocharger relief valves stuck.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE OVERBOOSTED ON TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND HIT A DIRT BANK. TURBOCHARGER RELIEF VALVES STUCK.