# Accident 20040103001549A: Cessna 421C, Window Rock, AZ, January 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Window Rock, AZ
- Airport: Window Rock Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DYVA
- Location: 35.6519° N, 109.0672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6519&lon=-109.0672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,900 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040103001549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND N911EA WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED BEFORE THE PILOT WAS IN A NORMAL POSITION TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 LAX04LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA087), Jan 3, 2004: Cessna 421C (N911EA), Window Rock, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed in the landing flare to compensate for airframe icing, which resulted in a premature stall and hard landing. The degraded aircraft performance due to…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.