- Date
- November 29, 1978
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N38JCessna 421A
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781129036929A
- Case key
- 137980
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4100 78/11/29 SALT LAKE CITY,UT CESSNA 421A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2335 N38J PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 48, 7975 TOTAL HOURS, 41 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RETURNED TO VOR AFTER DEVIATING OFF COURSE DRG ILS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38J
- Reported as
- Cessna 421A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Salt Lake City
N38JRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2013 · Cessna 421AAirframe modelCessna 421AEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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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.