# NTSB CHI86LA012: Cessna 421C, N59EP, Wooster, OH, October 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 11, 1985, 09:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Coordinates: 40.810047, -81.930732 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8100&lon=-81.9307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13371
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13371/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA012

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - airspeed(vyse) - not attained (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - not attained, pilot in command
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT THE RIGHT ENG MANIFOLD PRESSURE DECREASED TO 22 INCHES JUST AFTER LIFTOFF. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND PUT THE ACFT BACK ON THE RWY. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY, CROSSED A ROAD AND HIT A DITCH SHEARING THE LANDING GEAR. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION AND FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF THE RIGHT ENG BY THE NTSB REVEALED NO DEFECTS AND THE ENG OPERATED NORMALLY ON THE TEST STAND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N59EP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421C1011
- Airframe hours: 1255
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-N 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: E. A. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 8, 1985, 42 hours before
- Destination: APF, NAPLES, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BJJ, Wayne County, runway 9, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 6,136 total, 508 in this make and model, 5,978 as pilot in command, 165 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CAK, 26 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851011051399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851011051399A), Oct 11, 1985: Cessna 421C, Wooster, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted takeoff when he felt right engine was not developing power. Aircraft crashed off end of runway.

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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