- Date
- May 14, 1986, 22:30 local (May 15, 1986, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21WLCessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860514017539A
- Case key
- 16964
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - animal(s)Cause
Landing gear,normal brake system - disabled
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - separationFactor
Analysis
Acft was landing on rwy 17. Plt said he struck a rabbit with left main landing gear and lost all braking action on left side. Plt used right brake to decelerate but overran rwy end and struck dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21WL
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0327
- Airframe hours
- 1,489
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520L, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Turbine Eagle Charters, doing business as Wings Of Life
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 5, 1986
- Airport
- 4AC · Coronado, runway 17, 4,020 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,731 total · 157 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.