# Accident 19881116050689A: Cessna 421, Tooele, UT, November 16, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1988, 01:10 local time
- Place: Tooele, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5394° N, 112.3078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tooele, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5394&lon=-112.3078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222BL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222BL-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,375 total, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881116050689A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN EN ROUTE AT NIGHT, VFR. PILOT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH AIRCRAFT AND AREA.

## 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 DEN89FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA034), Nov 16, 1988: Cessna 421 (N222BL), Tooele, UT, substantial damage, 2 fatal

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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