# Accident 20120928022669A: Cessna 421B, Selma, AL, September 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2012, 13:54 local time
- Place: Selma, AL
- Airport: Craig Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3439° N, 86.9878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRAIG FLD (SEM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3439&lon=-86.9878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1537T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1537T-2016-09-26) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120928022669A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT SERVICE CALLED MGM ATCT AND ADVISED THAT N1537T, A VFR AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM FAIRHOPE AL, TO SELMA AL, HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS AND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A DIRT ROAD NEAR SEM AIRPORT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1537T (2)

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

- [Incident 20001025038379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025038379I), Oct 25, 2000: Cessna 421B (N1537T), Morristown, NJ, No damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted]
- [Incident 19790820032569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790820032569I), Aug 20, 1979: Cessna 421B (N1537T), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. Lightening strike during IFR cruise. Struck tip tank exiting at elevator.

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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