- Date
- July 19, 1985, 11:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5473GCessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850719032889A
- Case key
- 6627
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The acft lost power on # 2 eng shortly after take-off. The acft crashed and burned in a wooded area several miles sw of the arpt. The # 2 eng was severly damaged in the fire. No pre-impact malfunction could be documented. Examination of the prop did not reveal damage consistent with that usually found when a prop is in the feathered position. The flap jack screw was found in the 10-15 deg position. Both eng had a history of shut down at low pwr settings during taxi. The # 2 eng had 'burbled' during the previous flt and the # 1 eng shut down after ldg.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5473G
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C-0220
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Continental GTSI0-520-L, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Hmgs, doing business as Sooner Defense
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1984
- Departed
- 8A4 · Marietta, GA
- Destination
- PIE · St.Petersburg, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 8A4 · Mccollum, runway 27
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,770 total · 450 in this make and model · 1,590 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGE, 9 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.