# NTSB LAX80FA049: Riley 421C, N15SE, Escondido, CA, February 11, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 11, 1980
- Place: Escondido, CA · ESCONDIDO, CA
- Location: 33.1192° N, 117.0864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escondido, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1192&lon=-117.0864&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 16, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134916
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA049

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3007  80/2/11  NR.ESCONDIDO,CA       RILEY 421C          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0824                    N15SE               PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     33, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, 109
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BRAWLEY,CA                  PALOMAR,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15SE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15SE-1981-06-19), registration cancelled 1981-06-19, S/N 421C0115, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RILEY 421C
- Registry model: [Cessna 421C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (registry code 2076016) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19800211003159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800211003159A), Feb 11, 1980: Cessna 421C, Escondido, CA, Destroyed. Near vertical impact. Plane was expermintal class due to turboprop conversion. Accident cause undetermined.

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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