# Accident 19920113000469A: Cessna 421C, Brunswick, GA, January 13, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1992, 16:06 local time
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Airport: Atlantic Ocean
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1361° N, 81.4669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brunswick, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1361&lon=-81.4669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40JK-2013-06-04) (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
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 3,064 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920113000469A

## Narrative

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

CONTINUED INTO AREA OF KNOWN THUNDERSTORMS. LOST CONTROL AND BROKE UP IN FLIGHT. SIGMETS IN EFFECT FOR THUNDERSTROM

## 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 ATL92FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA039), Jan 13, 1992: Cessna 421C (N40JK), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE WEATHER EVALUATION, AND HIS CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE: THE IMPROPER WEATHER BRIEFING BY A FLIGHT SERVICE STATION SPECIALIST, AND…

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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