# Accident 20061114025039A: Cessna 421B, Big Bear City, CA, November 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2006, 10:13 local time
- Place: Big Bear City, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2406° N, 116.9431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2406&lon=-116.9431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N642BD-2013-04-11) (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
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061114025039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT RECORDS HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED, AND PILOT INFORMATION CANNOT BE COMPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE BANK OF BIG BEAR LAKE. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

## 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 LAX07FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA035), Nov 14, 2006: Cessna 421B (N642BD), Big Bear Lake, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the turbine wheel shaft in the left turbocharger during the takeoff initial climb for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to attain and maintain safe single engine airspeed that…

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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