Cessna 421C N31LP

Summary

On 20 March 1980 at about 23:23 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N31LP, operated by Peterson Indus, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Decatur, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 1980 at 23:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Decatur, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Crystal Lake

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N31LP

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Peterson Indus

Operating rule

Corporate/Executive

Purpose of flight

Corporate/Executive

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Little Rock, Ar → S

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-0432

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT CNLD IFR PLN BFR ACDNT.COLLIDED W WIRE DRG GO-ARND.FOG ON RWY SURFACE.RWY LGTS ON, VASI INOP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.