# Incident 19881104049599I: Cessna 421C, Ocracoke, NC, November 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1988, 09:00 local time
- Place: Ocracoke, NC
- Airport: Ocracoke Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1012° N, 75.9660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCRACOKE ISLAND (W95), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1012&lon=-75.9660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5CL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5CL-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (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 421C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881104049599I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. VEERED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. HAD A COCKED NOSE WHEEL.

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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