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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Leesburg, FL · June 5, 2026

Date
June 5, 2026 · 14:00 local
Place
Leesburg, FL
Airport
Leesburg International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N438EL
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,843 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On departure roll from runway 13. The aircraft exited the runway approximately 200’ after departure roll with an immediate left turn into the grass, clear of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON DEPARTURE ROLL FROM RUNWAY 13. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 200’ AFTER DEPARTURE ROLL WITH AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN INTO THE GRASS, CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY.