# Accident 20060125016149A: Cessna 421C, Stevenson, WA, January 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2006, 13:44 local time
- Place: Stevenson, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8708° N, 122.0461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8708&lon=-122.0461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69KM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69KM-2017-07-18) (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
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060125016149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 1-31-06 N69KM A CESSNA 421-C AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM SCOTTSDALE, AZ TO SEATTLE, WA. PILOT CONTACTED SEATTLE ARTCC AND WAS TOLD ICING CONDITIONS IN HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND EAST OF HIS POSITION. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN INTO A KNOWN AND FORECASTED SNOW AND ICING CONDITION. LOST RADAR CONTACT AT 1344 LOCAL, 13 MILES NORTH OF STEVENSON, WAS AND 2 MILES EAST OF SODA PEAKS LAKES, WA. AIRCRAFT IS LISTED AS MISSING AT THIS TIME. 7-27-06 TWO HIKERS LOCATED THE WRECKAGE, IN THE NATIONAL PARKS AREA OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE LAST RADAR TARGET @ NORTH 45 DEGREES 52.152' LATITUDE AND WEST 122 DEGREES 2.465' LONGITUDE. AIRCRAFT BROKE-UP AS IT PASSED THROUGH LARGE OLD GROWTH TREES @ A VERY STEEP ANGLE, PLUS A POST-CRASH FIRE OCCURRED, ELT WAS NOT LOCATED. BOTH ENGINES ARE BURIED 3 FEET IN THE EARTH.

## 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 SEA06FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA147), Jan 25, 2006: Cessna 421C (N69KM), Carson, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Icing conditions, clouds and the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather were factors.

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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