# Accident 20090130001409A: Cessna 421C, Benton, KS, January 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2009, 08:10 local time
- Place: Benton, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7691° N, 97.2099° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7691&lon=-97.2099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345JB-2009-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,900 total, 65 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090130001409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 30, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 0810, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM JABARA AIRPORT (AAO), WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 3000 FEET, CESSNA 421C, N345JB, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FROM BOTH ENGINES.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH AND 2.5 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT (AAO).  THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE NOTED TO THE WINGS AND PROPELLERS.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS ALL REPORTED MINOR INJURIES.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANKS CONTAINED A MIXTURE OF 100 LOW-LEAD (100LL) AND JET-A-FUEL.  THE PILOT REQUESTED 80 GALLONS OF FUEL, 40 GALLONS IN EACH TANK, THE NIGHT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL TRUCK RECORDS SHOWED THAT 80 GALLONS OF JET-A WAS PUMPED INTO THE TANKS OF N345JB ON 01/29/2009.  THE PILOT STATED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FAA THAT HE CONDUCTED A PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER, DID NOT SAMPLE THE FUEL PRIOR TO ENGINE START.

## 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 CEN09LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA145), Jan 30, 2009: Cessna 421C (N345JB), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of line personnel to ensure that the airplane was serviced with the proper fuel. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of a Supplemental Type…

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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