# NTSB CEN13WA566: Cessna 421 - C, N556MB, Colombier-Saugnieu, France, September 24, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 24, 2013, 08:50 local (08:50 UTC)
- Place: Colombier-Saugnieu, France
- Coordinates: 45.724595, 5.083742
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7246&lon=5.0837&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88159
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA566
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88159/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA566

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341); cases with it: [Cessna 421C, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2076016), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 421C, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2076016), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 421C, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2076016), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N556MB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N556MB-2014-09-09), registration cancelled 2014-09-09, S/N 421C0468, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421 - C (C)
- Registry model: [Cessna 421C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (registry code 2076016) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSI0-520-F-K](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (registry code 17031, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421C0468
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial

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.

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