# Incident 20130930021589I: Cessna 421C, Weslaco, TX, September 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2013, 17:00 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Airport: Mid Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1787° N, 97.9740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID VALLEY INTL (TXW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1787&lon=-97.9740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20SK-2018-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL GTSI0-520N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,120 total, 388 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130930021589I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE QUIT WHILE TURNING TO HEADING, SHORLTY FOLLOWED BY LEFT ENGINE, LANDED IN FIELD 1/2 MILE FROM AIPORT. AIRCRAFT WAS VANDALIZED, POSITION OF CONTROLS AT TIME EVENT IN QUESTION.

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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