- Date
- June 15, 1982, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Racine, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N421CBCessna 421
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820615022569A
- Case key
- 72335
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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
The plt stated he experienced moderate to severe turbulence enroute. A coupled ILS approach was flown without problems, but the plt stated he had to work hard. The flt broke out at about 1,000 ft MSL & at this time he acquired visual contact with the rwy. He estimated the visibility at 2 mi with moderate rain. At about 100 yards from the rwy the acft dropped & lost airspeed. The plt relaxed up elevator pressure & added power. The acft struck small branches at the topsof trees & the plt continued the visual portion of the approach. The acft then landed hard & the right main landing gear collapsed. There is a terrain drop-off near the approach end of rwy 4.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N421CB
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4210100
- Airframe hours
- 2,651
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-D, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- C.F. Moore Construction Compan
- Registered owner
- C.F. Moore Construction Compan
- Departed
- GYY · Gary, IN
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RAC · Horlick-Racine, runway 4, 5,805 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,554 total · 43 in this make and model · 2,364 as pilot in command · 329 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 13 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.