# Accident 19880609064669A: Cessna 421B, Knoxville, TN, June 9, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1988, 12:03 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9606° N, 83.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knoxville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9606&lon=-83.9207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700SC-2014-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 435 total, 250 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88FA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880609064669A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL, AREA OF STORM AND ICING. AIRFRAME STRESS FAILED. UNAIRWORTHY. DEICERS INOP. HIGH MEDICAL DRUG LEVEL.

## 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 ATL88FA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA191), Jun 9, 1988: Cessna 421B (N700SC), Knoxville, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N700SC (1)

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

- [Incident 19870730045079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870730045079I), Jul 30, 1987: Cessna 421B (N700SC), San Antonio, TX. During climb to cruise the right engine went into feather. Returned for landing. Engine malfunciton not reported.

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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