# Accident 20170304001419A: Cessna 421B, Canton, GA, March 4, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2017, 00:10 local time
- Place: Canton, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5467° N, 84.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5467&lon=-84.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421KL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421KL-2018-03-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,635 total, 1,427 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170304001419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BOUGHT AIRCRAFT ON 3/3. PILOT GOT CHECKED OUT 3/3 BY CFI IN RVS. PILOT DEPARTED AT 2030 FROM RVS. PILOT ARRIVED CNI @ 0010. PILOT CRASHED AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH PERFORMING A GO AROUND AND AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED A VMC ROLL, INPACTED POWERLINES AND CRASHED INTO A RETENTION POND. PILOT WAS FLYING WITH A REVOKED CERTIFICATE AND A GOOD 3RD CLASS MEDICAL. PILOT MEDS WERE FOUND IN AN OVERNIGHT BAG. PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ERA17FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA118), Mar 4, 2017: Cessna 421 (N421KL), Canton, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a night visual landing approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to his use of a combination of medications.

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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