- Date
- November 9, 1979
- Place
- Crystal, MN · CRYSTAL, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4025LCessna 421A
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791109041109A
- Case key
- 132758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3836 79/11/9 CRYSTAL,MN CESSNA 421A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 2378 TIME - 2115 N4025L PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDEN PRAIRIE,MN CRYSTAL,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- LNDG GEAR FAILED TO EXTD FOR UNKN RSN.GEAR WRNG FLASHER UNIT,PN R102-12,INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4025L
- Reported as
- Cessna 421A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
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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.