# Accident 20150809014349A: Cessna 421B, Texico, NM, August 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2015, 09:25 local time
- Place: Texico, NM
- Airport: Clovis Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4267° N, 103.0775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4267&lon=-103.0775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N726JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N726JB-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 H2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150809014349A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 9, 2015, AT 0925 LOCAL TIME, A 1970 CESSNA CE-421-B AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N726JB, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, IMPACTED TERRAIN SOUTH OF TAXI WAY BRAVO WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 AT CLOVIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCVN), IN TEXICO, NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR), PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING UNUSUAL SOUNDS FROM ONE OF THE ENGINES AND BOTH PROPELLERS WERE TURNING.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT BANKED 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND CRASHED EAST OF RUNWAY 22.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON-BOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE STRIP IN MELROSE, NEW MEXICO, ON AUGUST 9, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL 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 CEN15LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA354), Aug 9, 2015: Cessna C421B (N726JB), Clovis, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper management of fuel to the left engine during approach for landing, which resulted in a total loss of left engine power due to fuel starvation, and his subsequent failure to…

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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