# Accident 20050119001419A: Cessna 421C, Muncie, IN, January 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2005, 13:13 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Airport: Delaware County-Johnson Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2422° N, 85.3958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2422&lon=-85.3958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421HG-2005-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,095 total, 413 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050119001419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 19, 2005, AT 1313 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA CE-421, N421HG, PILOTED BY PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ MADE A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE MUNCIE/DELWARE COUNTY/JOHNSON FIELD AIRPORT IN MUNCIE, INDIANA. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AFTER THE BOUNCE, IT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS AND STRUCK A PAPI LIGHT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED BUT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT HAD JUST COMPLETED THE GPS RUNWAY 20 INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS CEILING 1,100 OVERCAST WITH 3 MILES VISIBILITY, WINDS 280 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED ITS BASE AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN AND HAD FLOWN TO MUNCIE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.

## 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 CHI05CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA057), Jan 19, 2005: Cessna 421C (N421HG), Muncie, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate flare and the directional control not maintained/obtained by the pilot. Contributing factors were the instrument meteorological conditions, the icing conditions, the limited visibility…

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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