# Accident 19990527005849A: Cessna 421B, Jefferson City, MO, May 27, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1999, 18:26 local time
- Place: Jefferson City, MO
- Airport: Jefferson City Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6143° N, 92.1784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6143&lon=-92.1784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34TM-2000-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990527005849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS ON BASE LEG TURNING FOR FINAL APPROACH WHEN IT LOST LEFT ENGINE POWER, ROLLED OVER, AND CRASHED IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE, ALL 4 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)PILOT WAS ON BASE TO FINAL TURN WHEN HE CALLED JEFFERSON CITY TOWER AND STATED HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE LEFT ENGINE.  HE RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A VERTICAL ATTITUDE.  IT THEN EXPLODED AND BURNED.  ALL OCCUPANTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CHI99FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA163), May 27, 1999: Cessna 421B (N34TM), Jefferson City, MO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane. A factor was the partial loss of power due to the exhaust valve fatigue failure.

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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