Plane Crash List

Cessna 421 accidents

The NTSB database holds 507 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 421, recorded between 1967 to 2026. 158 of them were fatal (31%), and 449 people died.

The deadliest year was 1995, with 25 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (84 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Bahamas and France.

220 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

507
Records
158
Fatal
449
Deaths
31%
Share fatal
1967 to 2026
Period
Show these on the map 287 of 507 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 10
1970s 130
1980s 138
1990s 91
2000s 67
2010s 47
2020s 24

All 507 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
2 Aug 1969 Cessna 421
N2953Q
Cheswold, Delaware, United States
no coordinates
Nichels Eng.co No injuries -
14 Apr 1969 Cessna 421A
N2970Q
Hoopeston, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
Aviation Activ No injuries -
14 Feb 1969 Cessna 421A
N2241Q
Wichita, Kansas, United States
no coordinates
Luetzow Indust No injuries -
26 Dec 1968 Cessna 421
N3160K
Elkhart, Indiana, United States
no coordinates
Wolverine Bras No injuries -
29 Nov 1967 Cessna 421
N4005L
Salinas, California, United States
no coordinates
PAC Aero Corp. Minor injuries -
3 Nov 1967 Cessna 421
N4019L
Findlay, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
Cessna Aircraf Minor injuries -
25 May 1967 Cessna 421
N3758C
Wichita, Kansas, United States
no coordinates
Cessna Airplan No injuries -