- Date
- June 21, 1983, 23:31 local (Jun 22, 1983, 04:31 UTC)
- Place
- Atmore, AL
- Injuries
- 8 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2960QCessna 421A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830621026079A
- Case key
- 5880
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
About 20 mins after takeoff the plt reported the right eng had lost power & the acft would not maintain alt. Vectors were provided for an emergency landing, but the acft crashed in a wooded area about 3 mi from the arpt. There was evidence that the gear & flaps had been extended & the acft had entered a turn before impacting. Both props had evidenceof low to moderate power & neither was feathered. An exam revealed unsymmetrical wear on the blades of the right turbo- charger; its thrust spacer, pn 406990-9004, was worn & there was evidence of oil leakage. The 13 qt, right eng oil sys had only 6.85 qts of oil remaining. Both turbochargers had been installed during an annual inspection in April 1983 & previously had been overhauled. The acft was estimated to be 844 lbs over its max wt limit & the aft CG limit was exceeded by about 4.8 inches. Six of the passengers were not restrained by seat belts. An associate estimated that the plt had only 4 to 6 hrs of rest in the previous 3 to 4 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2960Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421A
- Airframe hours
- 877
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-D, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- E. Mason Adom, doing business as Odom Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Mid South Aircraft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1983
- Departed
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Destination
- STL · St.Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OR1 · Atmore Muni, runway 18, 4,925 × 80 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,150 total · 100 in this make and model · 4,073 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 38 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.