# Accident 20031213033199A: Cessna 421C, Claremont, CA, December 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2003, 17:29 local time
- Place: Claremont, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1249° N, 117.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Claremont, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1249&lon=-117.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6887L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6887L-2004-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 170 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031213033199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR A GPS6 APPROACH INTO CABLE AIRPORT, THE PILOT WAS CONTACTED AGAIN BY SOCAL APPROACH TO TURN RIGHT AND CLIMB TO 5,000 FEET AFTER CONTROLLER NOTICED THAT THE PILOT HAD TURNED LEFT AND WAS HEADING FOR HIGH TERRAIN. PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED THE CONTROLLER COMMANDS. APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES LATER RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST. TEARDOWN AND INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE COMPONENTS WERE COMPLETED. THERE WERE NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL OR ENGINE FAILURES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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