# Incident 19910218007019I: Cessna 421, Perico, TX, February 18, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1991, 17:00 local time
- Place: Perico, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2764° N, 102.8644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perico, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2764&lon=-102.8644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421FR-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (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 GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 75 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910218007019I

## Narrative

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

FUEL LOW. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON HIGHWAY. ADDED FUEL AND DEPARTED. HIGHER WINDS ALOFT THAN FORCASTED.

## Other reports on N421FR (2)

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

- [Accident 20041217033829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041217033829A), Dec 17, 2004: Cessna 421 (N421FR), Denver, CO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) N421FR declared an emergency on departure runway 17L, kapa, due to an unspecified engine problem. The aircraft crashed and burned 1/4 mile southwest of…
- [Incident 19910306019289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910306019289I), Mar 6, 1991: Cessna 421 (N421FR), Green Bay, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft encountered icing and unable to maintain altitude. Requested vectors to airport. Made a hard landing.

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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