# Incident 20010923027669I: Cessna 340A, Carthage, MS, September 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2001, 14:45 local time
- Place: Carthage, MS
- Airport: Carthage-Leake County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7616° N, 89.5304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARTHAGE-LEAKE COUNTY (08M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7616&lon=-89.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010923027669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MPE ENROUTE TO CDH IN N121CB A CE-340 WITH 5 PASSENGERS ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, PILOT DID NOT OBSERVE THE REFUELING AND DID NOT DISCOVER THAT THE GROUND PERSONNEL HAD PUMPED IN 47 GALLONS OF JET-A INTO THE RIGHT AND LEFT TIP TANK AND 5 GALLONS INTO THE NACELLE TANK. AFTER DEPARTURE PILOT CLIMBED TO 1300 FEET MSL AND EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE, THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY FAILED PRIOR TO REACHING 08M CARTHAGE AIRPORT AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N121CB (2)

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

- [Accident 20231002020729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231002020729A), Oct 2, 2023: Cessna 340A (N121CB), Hayward, CA, Substantial damage. On 10/2/2023 at 1859Z, N121CB had a accident while taxing. According to the pilot[privacy data omitted] and his [privacy data omitted] they were heading to…
- [Incident 19970601023829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970601023829I), Jun 1, 1997: Cessna 340A (N121CB), Camden, AR, Minor damage. Landed right main gear unlocked. Right prop hit. Sudden engine stop. Wing hit light. Rod end sheared on right gear.

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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