- Date
- April 2, 1985, 16:46 local (21:46 UTC)
- Place
- Johnson City, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5407JCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850402049229A
- Case key
- 35802
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a heavy snow shower passed over the airport, the accident acft attempted a departure. Immediately after takeoff the plt transmitted that he was coming back to land. The acft crashed shortly thereafter, 1 mile southwest of the airport. Ground witnesses observed the acft use nearly all of the 4,999 ft rwy and gradually descend out of sight prior to the crash. A Cessna conquest had departed the same rwy moments prior to the accident acft and experienced directional control porblems due to slush on the rwy and airframe icing on their acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5407J
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0955
- Airframe hours
- 1,930
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles A. Bradley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1984 · 130 hours before
- Destination
- TOL · Toledo, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BGM · Edwin A. Link Field, runway 28, 4,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 780 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGM, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.