# Accident 20041217033829A: Cessna 421, Denver, CO, December 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2004, 15:15 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5561° N, 104.8542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5561&lon=-104.8542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421FR-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 433 total, 32 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041217033829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N421FR DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON DEPARTURE RUNWAY 17L, KAPA, DUE TO AN UNSPECIFIED ENGINE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED 1/4 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY FIRE. THREE SOULS ON BOARD, ALL FATAL.

## 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 DEN05FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA038), Dec 17, 2004: Cessna 421 (N421FR), Englewood, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, and the instructor's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were a partially blocked fuel line resulting in restricted fuel flow, the…

## Other reports on N421FR (2)

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

- [Incident 19910306019289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910306019289I), Mar 6, 1991: Cessna 421 (N421FR), Green Bay, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft encountered icing and unable to maintain altitude. Requested vectors to airport. Made a hard landing.
- [Incident 19910218007019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910218007019I), Feb 18, 1991: Cessna 421 (N421FR), Perico, TX. Fuel low. Precautionary landing on highway. Added fuel and departed. Higher winds aloft than forcasted.

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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