# Accident 20210713010719A: Cessna 421C, Monterey, CA, July 13, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2021, 10:42 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5753° N, 121.8252° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5753&lon=-121.8252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N678SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N678SW-2022-07-30) (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: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,353 total, 3,694 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21FA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210713010719A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN DEPARTED RUNWAY 10 AT MONTEREY REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1038 PST. DURING THE CLIMB OUT AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO TERRAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 1042 PST. PILOT AND PASSENGER DID NOT SURVIVE. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE IMC.

## 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 WPR21FA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA270), Jul 13, 2021: Cessna 421C (N678SW), Monterey, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control due to spatial disorientation during an instrument departure procedure in instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in a collision with…

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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