- Date
- September 19, 1980
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4091LCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800919042349A
- Case key
- 128998
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3003 80/9/19 PALM SPRINGS,CA CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 3963 TIME - 1342 N4091L PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 362 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALM SPRINGS,CA BURBANK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT STATED RIGHT ENGINE FAILED AND PROP WOULD NOT FEATHER.NO FAILURES REVEALED BY ENGINE INSP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4091L
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palm Springs
N4091LRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Cessna 421Airframe modelCessna 421Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.