# Accident 20040616012579A: Cessna 421B, Bend, OR, June 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2004, 09:30 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0833° N, 121.2011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0833&lon=-121.2011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N332CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N332CC-2013-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: TCM Cont TSIO-520 series (registry code 17060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,800 total, 25 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040616012579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT COMMENCED TAKE-OFF ROLL AT TAKE-OFF POWER. AS PILOT RELEASED BRAKES, AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, IMMEDIATELY POWER WAS REDUCED TO FLIGHT IDLE AND THE RUDDER AND BRAKES APPLIED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, BRAKING WAS UNRESPONSIVE, EVEN WITH 2ND PILOT ASSISTING IN BRAKING. AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE LEFT TUNNEL STRUCTURE AT THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION ATTACH POINT AND PROPELLER DAMAGE AS WELL. INVESTIGATION OF THE LEFT WHEEL BRAKE SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE TWO OUTER (OUT OF THE FOUR) BRAKE PADS WERE MISSING OR HAD FALLEN OUT. THESE MISSING PADS COULD NOT BE LOCATED.

## 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 SEA04LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA108), Jun 16, 2004: Cessna 421B (N332CC), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: On ground encounter with terrain during the takeoff roll as a result of the left side brake not operating. Inadequate maintenance inspection, overload of the nose landing gear and soft terrain were…

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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