# Accident 20090508053949A: Cessna 421B, Alpine, TX, May 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Alpine, TX
- Airport: Casparis Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OH7A
- Location: 30.4291° N, 103.3293° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4291&lon=-103.3293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60HG-2011-06-01) (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 MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090508053949A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8, 2009, AIRCRAFT N60HG, A CESSNA 421B, DEPARTED E38 (ALPINE) AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 CDT.  THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL.  THE PILOT ADJUSTED THE ENGINES TO CLIMB POWER AND EXPERIENCED A RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE.  AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE RIGHT ENGINE, THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT IN A FIELD.  EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE INDICATED THAT NEITHER ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER.  THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT CONTAIN OIL AND THE LEFT ENGINE INDICATED 11 QUARTS ON THE DIPSTICK.  THE  MAIN TANKS WERE SELECTED AND THE RIGHT MAIN WAS FOUND TO BE FULL OF FUEL.  THE LEFT MAIN TANK HAD DEPARTED THE WING DURING THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY THE NTSB AND FOUND THE RIGHT ENGINE IDLER GEAR BOLTS HAD COME OFF ALLOWING THE GEAR TO SLIDE OUT OF THE ACCESSORY DRIVE.  THIS CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN.  NO INDICATION OF MALFUNCTION OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PILOT RECEIVED A MINOR CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## 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 CEN09LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA284), May 8, 2009: Cessna 421B (N60HG), Alpine, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to disengagement of the magneto idler gear support pin.

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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