# NTSB MIA80DKT14: Cessna 421B, N41019, Ocean Reef, FL, January 31, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1980
- Place: Ocean Reef, FL · OCEAN REEF, FL
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132025
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA80DKT14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKT14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1016  80/1/31    OCEAN REEF,FL       CESSNA 421B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 6410
        TIME - 1553                    N41019              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1750 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN REEF CLUB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FORT PIERCE,FL              OCEAN REEF,FL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- COLLIDED WI UTILITY POLE WHILE TAXIING BEHIND PARKED ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41019](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41019), registered now, S/N 421B0401, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Registry model: [Cessna 421B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (registry code 2076014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ocean Reef Club

## 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 19800131002269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800131002269A), Jan 31, 1980: Cessna 421B, Ocean Reef, FL, Substantial damage. Wing hit power pole during taxi to parking area. Aircraft cartwheeled into a ditch.

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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