# NTSB FTW83LA300: Cessna 421A, N2222Q, Forth Worth, TX, June 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 27, 1983, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place: Forth Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.639698, -97.340065 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6397&lon=-97.3401&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20950
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA300
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20950/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA300

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - worn (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - maintenance,annual inspection - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - object (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND SEPTIC TANK COMPLEX. THE PLT SAID HE ATTEMPTED TO USE THE BRAKES WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE ACFT HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON 5/5/83. THE BRAKES WERE EXAMINED AFTERTHE ACCIDENT. THE BRAKE DISCS SHOWED EXCESSIVE WEAR AND HOT SPOTS. THE ACFT HAD LANDED ON RWY 17 WHICH IS 3500 FT LONG. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 320 DEGREES AT 5 KTS. THE ACFT STOPPED 200 FT SOUTH OF RWY 17. THE PLT HAD A TOTAL OF 7 HOURS PIC TIME IN THIS TYPE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2222Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2222Q-1992-12-28), registration cancelled 1992-12-28, S/N 421A0022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- Registry model: [Cessna 421A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (registry code 2076012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421A0022
- Airframe hours: 3349
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-D 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dale W. Barrow
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 5, 1983
- Departed: FTW, FORT WORTH, TX
- Airport: F72, Oak Grove, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 450 total, 360 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Observed at: FTW, 17 nm away

## 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 19830627029389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830627029389A), Jun 27, 1983: Cessna 421A, Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot reported no brakes on the landing roll. Ran off end of runway into a fence and sewage plant. Brake disc worn.

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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