# Accident 19971228039409A: Cessna 421C, Elkins, WV, December 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1997, 13:40 local time
- Place: Elkins, WV
- Airport: Jennings Randolph Fld Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9198° N, 79.8498° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9198&lon=-79.8498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1348T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1348T-1998-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 60 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971228039409A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC98LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA057), Dec 28, 1997: Cessna 421C (N1348T), Elkins, WV, destroyed. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to identify an unsafe runway condition and his delay in aborting the takeoff. Contributing was the aircraft's maximum takeoff weight exceeded, and a snow-covered…

## Other reports on N1348T (1)

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

- [Accident 19980113047269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980113047269A), Jan 13, 1998: Cessna 421C (N1348T), Elkins, WV, No damage. (-23) Mr. Hackett, a private pilot, was receiving multiengine instruction from Mr. Bukoski, who was the PIC. Mr. Hackett, while occupying the left seat,…

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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