# Accident 19931106042199A: Cessna 421B, Greensburg, IN, November 6, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1993, 08:51 local time
- Place: Greensburg, IN
- Airport: County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3396° N, 85.4807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3396&lon=-85.4807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41010, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41010-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 225 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94MA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94MA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931106042199A

## Narrative

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

ICING. DIVERTED I34 FOR VOR APPROACH. TOO HIGH. WENT AROUND. STALLED INTO TREES CIRCLING BELOW LOW CEILING.

## 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 CHI94MA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94MA032), Nov 6, 1993: Cessna 421B (N41010), Greensburg, IN, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: an inadvertent stall by the pilot in command. Factors associated with the accident are the icing conditions and low ceilings.

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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