# Accident 20070130000909A: Cessna 421, Pocatello, ID, January 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2007, 13:57 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Airport: Pocatello Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1236° N, 112.4539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1236&lon=-112.4539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4584L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4584L-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,055 total, 1 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070130000909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IDA TO U01, CLIMBING THROUGH 9400' MSL TO 10500' MSL, PILOT HEARD A BANG, EXPERIENCED FLIGHT CONTROL FLUTTER AND CONTROLLABILITY ISSUES. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO THE PIH TOWER AT 2050Z, AND LANDED PIH AT 2057Z WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND TRIM TAB WERE MOSTLY (APPROXIMATE OUTBOARD 2/3) MISSING.

## 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 SEA07LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA055), Jan 30, 2007: Cessna 421 (N4584L), Pocatello, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the bolt that attaches the elevator trim tab actuator rod to the elevator trim tab horn, resulting in violent flutter of the elevator, and eventually to the separation of the…

## Other reports on N4584L (1)

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

- [Accident 19790409019729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790409019729A), Apr 9, 1979: Cessna 421 (N4584L), Lakeway, TX, Substantial damage. Overshot runway. Ran off end of runway into rocks. Pilot reported one brake out. Found left brake worn thin.

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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