- Date
- June 30, 1984, 14:32 local (20:32 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N554Cessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840630028389A
- Case key
- 21132
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
First evidence of landing gear tire marks were found aprx 4,000 ft down the rwy, right of centerline and continued until the acft rolled off the right side of the rwy. All 3 landing gear collapsed in the soft dirt and gravel. According to the plt, when the auto-pilot was disengaged on final approach, 3 miles out, the acft yawed right. Power and rudder were used to maintain control. At touchdown power was reduced and shortly thereafter the acft drifted right despite the application of left rudder and brake. Exam of the wreckage revealed no mechanical malfunctions in the auto-pilot, wheel brakes, flight controls, and trim systems. The cause of the directional control loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N554
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42180938
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 6 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Silverline Industries, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- GVT · Greenville, TX
- Destination
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ELP · El Paso International, runway 26, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,826 total · 1,740 in this make and model · 7,104 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.