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Date
December 27, 1990 · 14:15 local
Place
Cahokia, IL
Airport
St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5421G
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total600 in this make and model30 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.
Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Veered off runway. Pilot believes right wheel caught in snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. PILOT BELIEVES RIGHT WHEEL CAUGHT IN SNOWBANK.