# Incident 19910904046449I: Cessna 421C, Cleveland, OH, September 4, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1991, 09:30 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cuyahoga County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5646° N, 81.4872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUYAHOGA COUNTY (CGF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5646&lon=-81.4872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421EP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421EP-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910904046449I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED IN FLIGHT. RIGHT ENGINE STARTER RELAY SHORTED SYSTEM OUT.

## Other reports on N421EP (1)

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

- [Accident 19951221041679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951221041679A), Dec 21, 1995: Cessna 421C (N421EP), Cleveland, OK, Destroyed, 6 fatal. IFR and overgross wt. Pilot not qualified IFR was advised no go. Spun out of clouds. Pilot system had no fly drugs.

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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