# Incident 19990513014409I: Cessna 421B, Valley View, TX, May 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1999, 08:15 local time
- Place: Valley View, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4774° N, 97.1570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valley View, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4774&lon=-97.1570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421CN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421CN-2018-05-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990513014409I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 13, 1999, AT 0815 CDT, A CESSNA 421B, N421CN, OWNED BY CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA, DRAWER 1210, DURANT, OKLAHOMA, SUFFERED A LOSS OF POWER OF THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED SHE FELT SHE COULD NOT REACH THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AND ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR UP OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THE FERRY FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING AVIONICS MAINTENANCE AT DENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (DTO) DENTON, TEXAS. VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA(DUA).

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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