# Accident 20030304027299A: Cessna 421C, Crescent City, CA, March 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2003, 22:45 local time
- Place: Crescent City, CA
- Airport: Jack Mc Namara Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JXKA
- Location: 41.7803° N, 124.2364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7803&lon=-124.2364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26533, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26533) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- Pilot flight hours: 10,518 total, 935 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030304027299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL LANDING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT WITH RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR SHEARED. CAUSED BY THE SEPARATION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK ASSEMBLY.

## 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 LAX03LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA106), Mar 5, 2003: Cessna 421C (N26533), Crescent City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the upper and lower right main landing gear scissor links due to improper maintenance, which resulted in a ground loop, and the collapse of the right main landing gear during the…

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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