- Date
- October 9, 1973
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL · TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1538TCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731009035249A
- Case key
- 187776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4128 73/10/9 TALLAHASSEE,FLA CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 7353 TIME - 1705 N1538T PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 641 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TALLAHASSEE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEFFERSON,GA TALLAHASSEE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- POST ACDT INSP DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION.ACFT ENTRD SANDY AREA L OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1538T
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tallahassee Muni
N1538TRegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2012 · Cessna 421BAirframe modelCessna 421BEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-H
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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.