- Date
- May 18, 1981
- Place
- Spencer, IA · SPENCER, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1600BCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810518027129A
- Case key
- 126738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1076 81/5/18 SPENCER,IA CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N1600B PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 21, 1490 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPENCER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NE SPENCER,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- RIGHT MLG BELLCRANK,P/N 5041001-2,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1600B
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spencer Muni
N1600BRegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Cessna 421Airframe modelCessna 421Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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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.
Other investigations on N1600B · 1
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