- Date
- January 7, 1983, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N448Cessna 421C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830107014099A
- Case key
- 20795
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that after a normal coupled ILS approach he broke out at about 250 ft AGL and 1/2 mile from the rwy. He disconnected the approach coupler and lined up with the rwy. He stated that during the transition from IFR to visual his rate of descent increased and he landed hard blowing the left tire. The acft left the rwy and turned 180 degrees. The left propeller hit the ground after the acft left the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N448
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C-1034
- Airframe hours
- 350
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-N, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hayden W. Head
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1982
- Departed
- CRP · Corpus Christi, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HOU · Wm. P. Hobby, runway 13R, 7,600 × 150 ft, concrete
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,200 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 10,006 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N448 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.