- Date
- February 22, 1986, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Alvord, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8155QCessna 421
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860222005139A
- Case key
- 21927
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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
The acft collided with tree tops and sheared the landing gear during a forced landing off arpt. The left eng had been feathered due to loss of oil from a ruptured oil hose between the oil pump & filter. The rt eng was not developing full power because of an air duct being separated from the throttle assembly. A clamp had loosened and fell off. The acft was being feeried for maintenance. Its last annual was on 7/6/84. There is no record of a ferry permit being issued for this flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8155Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B-0554
- Airframe hours
- 3,019
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Jiffy Food Stores, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1984 · 359 hours before
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- SPS · Wichita Falls, TX
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,917 total · 402 in this make and model · 10,557 as pilot in command · 321 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.