# Accident 20120905024829A: Cessna 421B, Fort Worth, TX, September 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2012, 09:49 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5589° N, 97.3047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5589&lon=-97.3047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69924, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69924-2013-08-20) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 897 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA606](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA606) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120905024829A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2012, AT 0949 LOCAL CENTRAL TIME, CESSNA 421B AIRCRAFT ,N69924, CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM FORT WORTH SPINKS AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TX.  PRIOR TO THE CRASH THE PILOT INFORMED THE TOWER THAT A DOOR HAD POPPED OPEN AND THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO LAND.   A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FORT WORTH SPINKS AIRPORT (FWS), FORT WORTH, TEXAS AT 0949 LOCAL CENTRAL TIME.

## 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 CEN12FA606](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA606), Sep 5, 2012: Cessna 421B (N69924), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control on takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident were the unlatched nose cargo door, the pilot’s diverted attention,…

## Other reports on N69924 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20071123827339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071123827339I), Nov 23, 2007: Cessna 421B (N69924), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On November 23, 2007, at 1010 EST, a Cessna 421, N69924, registered to the pilot, sustained minor damage while taxiing for departure at the David Wayne…

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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