# Accident 20190215010299A: Cessna 421C, Canadian, TX, February 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2019, 09:57 local time
- Place: Canadian, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9061° N, 100.5736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9061&lon=-100.5736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421NS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421NS-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190215010299A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 15, 2019, AT 0957 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, N421NS, A CESSNA 421C AIRPLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF HEMPHILL COUNTY AIRPORT (HHF), CANADIAN, TEXAS.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT (TDW), AMARILLO, TEXAS

## 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 CEN19FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA082), Feb 15, 2019: Cessna 421 (N421NS), Canadian, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while in instrument meteorological conditions with icing conditions present, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin into terrain.

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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