# Accident 20060604010969A: Cessna 421B, Jacksonville, FL, June 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2006, 13:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3364° N, 81.5144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3364&lon=-81.5144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80MJ-2017-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060604010969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 32 ON AN IFR CLEARANCE TO PENSACOLA, FL. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT 270 DEGREE TURN AND THEN A 90 DEGREE RIGHT TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO LINE UP FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 14. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED 2200 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY AND 100 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AIRCRAFT SLID ONTO RUNWAY SURFACE IMPACTING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING AND DESTROYING A PAPI LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT WING. NO INJURIES OR POST IMPACT FIRE REPORTED. PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR CAME UP AND LOCKED AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. HE STATED THAT HE HEARD DIFFERENT "BELLS, HORNS, AND WHISTLES", AND THEN STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WAS COMING AT HIM FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT WAS CONCERNED THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN ON FIRE AND HIS FOCUS WAS TO GET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND. GEAR SELECTOR WAS ENGAGED LATE CAUSING GEAR TO COLLAPSE UPON IMPACT. SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO RIGHT WING, LANDING GEAR, AND PROPS. DURING POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, ELECTRICAL POWER WAS APPLIED TO AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT AND ANY EVIDENCE OF FIRE COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED.

## 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 ANC06LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA069), Jun 4, 2006: Cessna 421B (N80MJ), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An undetermined event during takeoff/initial climb, which resulted in an emergency landing after takeoff and substantial damage to the airplane.

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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