# Accident 20090708014869A: Cessna 421C, Tampa, FL, July 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2009, 13:49 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4456° N, 83.1225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4456&lon=-83.1225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4467D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4467D-2017-06-07) (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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090708014869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 8, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1349 EDT, A 1979 CESSNA 421C, REGISTRATION NUMBER N4467D, S/N 421C0634, PILOTED BY STEVE D. BARROWS WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM TKI TO TPA, WHEN ALL RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST.  THE PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULE CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  "QUITE A BIT OF TURBULANCE" FOLLOWED BY "WERE UPSIDE DOWN" WAS REPORTED TO ATC BY PILOT OVER RADIO PRIOR TO LOOSING ALL RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT.

## 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 ERA09FA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA389), Jul 8, 2009: Cessna 421C (N4467D), Gulf of Mexico, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to operate into a known area of adverse weather, which resulted in the inadvertent penetration of a severe thunderstorm, a subsequent loss of control, and in-flight breakup of…

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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