- Date
- March 22, 1991, 20:12 local (Mar 23, 1991, 04:12 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4071LCessna 421
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910322007209A
- Case key
- 27145
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Probable cause
The pilot retracting the landing gear during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a two hour local flight the pilot returned to his home airport for a landing under visual meteorological conditions. The landing was uneventful until the aircraft rolled approximately two thirds the length of the runway. The tower controller observed sparks emanating from the aircraft's left wing during the last 250 feet it was on the runway. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway and impacted a parked aircraft before coming to a stop. There were no injuries to personnel during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4071L
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4210071
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-D, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Ahlzadeh
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- EMT, 1 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.