# Accident 20070523009519A: Cessna 421, St Louis, MO, May 23, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2007, 15:40 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6622° N, 90.6519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6622&lon=-90.6519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4082L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4082L-2008-07-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,350 total, 0 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070523009519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS DEPARTING FROM SUS AFTER DROPPING OFF A PASSENGER AT MIDWEST AVIATION. LESS THAN 90 SECONDS AFTER TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 26L, THE PILOT RADIOED SUS TOWER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND HE NEEDED TO RETURN. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF AND OFFSET FROM RUNWAY 8L. IT LANDED UPRIGHT, SHEARING OFF THE LANDING GEAR, SLIDING BETWEEN TWO UTILITY POLES AND UNDER POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE ENGINES WERE REMOVED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE STL FSDO AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CESSNA AND TELEDYNE-CONTINENTAL AND SENT FOR ANALYSIS. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED UPON RECEIPT OF THE ENGINE ANALYSIS.

## 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 CHI07LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA154), May 23, 2007: Cessna 421 (N4082L), Chesterfield, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel failed to comply with an Airworthiness Directive which resulted in the total failure of the starter adapter gear teeth and the crankshaft gear teeth and the pilot failed to…

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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