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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 421B · Nashville, TN · September 25, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 25, 2026, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
Place
Nashville, TN
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N421FACessna 421B
Defining event
Taxi: Landing gear collapse
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Parties
FAA/FSDO
Case key
203920

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

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N421FA
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Category
Airplane
Serial number
421B0431
Built
1973
Airframe hours
6,086.5
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Positioning · Part 91
Operator
All In Aviation LLC
Registered owner
Nicholas Holyfield
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · April 6, 2026 · 59.3 hours before
Destination
KGGG · Longview, TX
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
KBNA · Nashville International
Equipment
ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system

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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
50° at 8 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Temperature
79 °F, dew point 55 °F
Altimeter
30.09 inHg
Observed at
KBNA, 1 nm away
METAR
METAR KBNA 252153Z 05008KT 10SM SCT048 SCT250 26/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02610128