# Accident 20061215026919A: Cessna 421B, Brackettville, TX, December 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2006, 21:32 local time
- Place: Brackettville, TX
- Airport: La Fonda Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2167° N, 100.6167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2167&lon=-100.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N642CB-2013-05-13) (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: 7,660 total, 200 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061215026919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 15, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 2132 CST, A CESSNA CE-421B, N642CB, WAS DESTROYED AFTER THE PILOT MADE AN APPROACH TO A 5300 FOOT PAVED, LIGHTED RANCH STRIP. THE PILOT SAID SOME OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE OUT AND HE WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY HE WAS ON. WHEN HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND, THE LEFT PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A GAME FENCE, THEN BRUSH. IT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OUT INTO THE BRUSH AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, ESCAPED UNHARMED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. DENSE FOG WAS IN THE AREA. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT.

## 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 DFW07CA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA038), Dec 16, 2006: Cessna 421 (N642CB), Brackettville, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment on final approach and his delayed decision to execute a go-around. Factors were the dark night conditions and the inoperative runway edge…

## Other reports on N642CB (1)

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

- [Incident 20011018035659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018035659I), Oct 18, 2001: Cessna 421B (N642CB), Mobile, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft made a standard landing on runway 14 at mob at approximately 100MPH. During roll-out, at approximately 55 to 60 mph the right main landing gear…

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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