# Accident 19920704023739A: Cessna 421B, Shelter Cove, CA, July 4, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1992, 17:09 local time
- Place: Shelter Cove, CA
- Airport: Shelter Cove Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OGSA
- Location: 40.1505° N, 123.8894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1505&lon=-123.8894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N929DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N929DB-1995-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,479 total, 216 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920704023739A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO ROTATE ON TAKEOFF. FOUND CONTROL LOCK IN PLACE. WHILE TRYING TO FREE IT RAN OFF END AND THRU A BUILDING.

## 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 LAX92LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA279), Jul 5, 1992: Cessna 421B (N929DB), Shelter Cove, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS FAILURE TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTROL SURFACE LOCKS WERE REMOVED PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

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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