# Incident 20190814017689I: Cessna 421C, Houston, TX, August 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2019, 03:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: West Houston Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8182° N, 95.6726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST HOUSTON (IWS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8182&lon=-95.6726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N942SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N942SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, 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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190814017689I

## Narrative

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

HOUSTON, TX (IWS): N942SW, 421C, IWS, DEPARTING RUNWAY 33, VEERED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, PASSED RUNWAY 15 AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. NO ATC SVCS.

POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: MINOR. 08/14/2019 1830Z

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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