# NTSB DEN86LA136: Cessna 421C, N21WL, Albuquerque, NM, May 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1986, 22:30 local (May 15, 1986, 04:30 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16964
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16964/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA136

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - animal(s) (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - disabled
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - separation (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0327
- Airframe hours: 1489
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860514017539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860514017539A), May 14, 1986: Cessna 421C, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Overshot the runway on landing. Pilot reported lost left brake after striking a rabbit. No evidence on the report.

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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