# Accident 20100318029579A: Cessna 421B, March 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2010, 07:30 local time
- Airport: Artesia Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8623° N, 104.4012° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8623&lon=-104.4012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3382Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3382Q-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100318029579A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 18, 2010, THE PILOT OF N3382Q, A CESSNA 421 AIRCRAFT, EXECUTED A GO AROUND AT ARTESIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ATS), ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO.  DURING THE GO AROUND HE LOST POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED ON A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PASSENGER. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN10LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA166), Mar 18, 2010: Cessna 421B (N3382Q), Artesia, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's improper fuel management.

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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