- Date
- July 6, 1979
- Place
- Montgomery, AL · MONTGOMERY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8079QCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790706018219A
- Case key
- 134738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2049 79/7/6 MONTGOMERY,AL CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1135 N8079Q PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 30, 4940 TOTAL HOURS, 760 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANNELLY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DUCT FROM TURBOCHARGER OFF INTAKE MANIFOLD.SELF LOCKING NUT ON DUCT CLAMP,NO SELF LOCK ABILITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8079Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dannelly Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.