# Accident 19860508016389A: Cessna 411A, Bossier City, LA, May 8, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1986, 15:40 local time
- Place: Bossier City, LA
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5702° N, 93.6999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5702&lon=-93.6999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49DD-2009-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411A
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,554 total, 164 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860508016389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BLACK SMOKE FROM ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. PITCHED NOSE UP BECAME INVERTED STRUCK GROUND. FOUR PISTONS MELTED. OVER GROSS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW86FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA079), May 8, 1986: Cessna 411A (N49DD), Bossier City, LA, destroyed, 6 fatal

## Other reports on N49DD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080602838159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080602838159A), Jun 2, 2008: Cessna 421C (N49DD), Greenville, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 2, 2008, at 1551 eastern standard time, a Cessna 421C, N49DD, was substantially damaged when its landing gear retracted during takeoff from…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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