# Accident 20190317001529A: Cessna 421B, Plain City, OH, March 17, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2019, 17:46 local time
- Place: Plain City, OH
- Airport: Delaware Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1883° N, 83.2044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1883&lon=-83.2044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N424TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N424TW-2021-05-08) (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: 46 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190317001529A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 17, 2019, ABOUT 1745 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 421B AIRPLANE, N424TW

IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR PLAIN CITY, OHIO. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY

INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO CLASSIC SOLUTIONS, INC.

AND OPERATED BY PHOENIX TEST FLIGHT, LLC, AS A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT.

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DAYTON (KDAY), DAYTON, OHIO ABOUT 1720, EN ROUTE TO (KDLZ) DELAWARE,

OHIO.

A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS REVEALED THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC

CONTROL AND THERE WAS NO RECORD OF A DISTRESS CALL. THE PILOT REQUESTED RUNWAY 28 RNAV

APPROACH AT KDLZ. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT HE WAS ENCOUNTERING ICING. THE CONTROLLER

CLEARED THE FLIGHT TO 2,500 FT. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE AIRPLANE MADE A LEFT TURN, AND RADAR AND

RADIO COMMUNICATION WERE LOST.

THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A RURAL FIELD ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE KDLZ AIRPORT. GROUND

IMPACT SCARS AND WRECKAGE WERE CONSISTENT WITH A LEFT-WING LOW IMPACT. THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS

ORIENTATED ON ABOUT A 140-DEGREE HEADING. FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT, THE AIRPLANE CROSSED A

TWO-LANE ROAD BEFORE IMPACTING TWO WOODEN UTILITY POLES. THE MAIN PART OF THE WRECKAGE CAME

TO REST AT THE BASE OF THE SECOND UTILITY POLE, ABOUT 395 FT FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THE

WRECKAGE PATH WAS ABOUT 850 FT LONG WITH THE WRECKAGE HIGHLY FRAGMENTED ALONG THE WRECKAGE

PATH. THERE WAS NOT A POST-CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN19FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA100), Mar 17, 2019: Cessna 421 (N424TW), Plain City, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of airspeed indication due to icing of the airplane's pitot probe, and the pilot's loss of control while maneuvering.

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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