- Date
- August 16, 1981
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14TCCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810816049999A
- Case key
- 125140
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1711 81/8/16 SPRINGFIELD,IL CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 3300 TIME - 1210 N14TC PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,IL MOLINE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 71 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT,CONTD INDCG DWN/LOCKED.R GEAR RETRACTED,UNKN RSN,T & G TO CK GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14TC
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N14TC · 1
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