# Accident 20130827015529A: Cessna 421C, Paris, IL, August 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2013, 12:20 local time
- Place: Paris, IL
- Airport: Edgar County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7014° N, 87.6506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7014&lon=-87.6506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N229H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229H-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LTP101
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,600 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA509](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA509) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130827015529A

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED CALL FROM CHICAGO ROC OF AN AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR THE PARIS, IL AIRPORT AT 12:24 LOCAL.  1 FATAL, PILOT IDENTIFIED AS RUSTY BOGUE, OWNER OF RSB AVIATION IN PARIS.  IT APPEARS THAT THE LEFT ENGINE WAS HAVING KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION AND WOULD HANG AT 70

%.  THIS WOULD LAST FOR AS LITTLE AS A COUPLE OF SECONDS UP TO A COUPLE OF MINUTES.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 9, CONTINUED ON THE GRASS INTO A BEAN FIELD WHERE MARKS ON THE FIELD INDICATE THAT THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS CUTTING A SWATH IN THE BEANS BUT NO MARKS FROM THE LEFT ENGINE CAN BE SEEN.  AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, DRAGGING THE MAIN WHEELS THROUGH A CORN FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN GAINS ALTITUDE AND STARTS CLIPPING TREES AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDS THROUGH THE TREES AND IMPACTS THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN13FA509](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA509), Aug 27, 2013: Cessna 421C (N229H), Paris, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff during the ground roll after detecting the airplane's degraded performance. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to attempt a flight with a…

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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