- Date
- December 7, 1971
- Place
- Crystal, MN · CRYSTAL, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4018LCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4423 71/12/7 CRYSTAL,MINN CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 5020 TIME - 1232 N4018L PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KANS CRYSTAL,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT ICE ACCUMN,LOST PWR L ENG,UN CK DSCNT FINAL T/D SHORT OF RWY.BIRD NEST FOUND IN RAM AIR DUCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4018L
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal