# Accident 20210110001789A: Cessna 421B, Old Bethpage, NY, January 10, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2021, 13:04 local time
- Place: Old Bethpage, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7598° N, 73.4465° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7598&lon=-73.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421DP-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0-520-F-K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,893 total, 1,893 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210110001789A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 10, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00P.M. EST, PILOT DEPARTED REPUBLIC AIRPORT LOCATED IN FARMINGDALE, NY (KFRG) GOING TO BRIDGEPORT, CT. PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOUL ON BOARD IN A CESSNA 421, REGISTRATION NUMBER N421DP.

PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE FROM ONE ENGINE DURING CLIMB-OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE,  SOON AFTER, THE SECOND ENGINE SPUDDERED AND FAILED. PILOT NOTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OF THE EMERGENCY.

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO FRG, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRG INSIDE THE PROPERTY OF A LANDFILL.

THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO NASSAU UNIVERSITY  MEDICAL CENTER, EAST MEADOW, NY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED UPON IMPACT.

## 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 ERA21LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA098), Jan 10, 2021: Cessna 421B (N421DP), Old Bethpage, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing.

## Other reports on N421DP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19911128053699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911128053699A), Nov 28, 1991: Cessna 421B (N421DP), San Andreas, CA, Substantial damage. Neglected to remove control lock. Aborted takeoff upon discovery. Ran off end runway. Struck lights and a fence.

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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