- Date
- July 7, 1978
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N98457Cessna 421C
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780707020679A
- Case key
- 107180
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1950 78/7/7 PATTERSON,LA CESSNA 421C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N98457 PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 42, 7386 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 532 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATTERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTERSON,LA LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RIGHT ENGINE OIL LEAK.CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98457
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patterson
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.