Cessna 421C N21SG
13 April 2016 · Death Valley, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 April 2016 at about 18:05 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N21SG was involved in an accident near Death Valley, California, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Death Valley, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Furnace Creek Airport (L06)
- Coordinates
- 36.4606, -116.8797
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421C
- Registration
- N21SG
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1976
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St George → Death Valley
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR16LA092
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
A runway overrun for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airline transport pilot was landing the airplane at the end of a cross-country flight. He stated that the airplane touched down within the first 500 ft of the 3,065-ft-long runway and that, when he applied the brakes, the right brake felt "very soft" and was "totally ineffective." The airplane departed the end of the runway, and the nose landing gear collapsed, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The airplane was not examined following the accident and was subsequently ferried to another airport for repair. No information was made available regarding the right brake, and the reason for the brake malfunction during landing could not be determined.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 421 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 2016 | Cessna 421 | Foley, Alabama, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Mar 2017 | Cessna 421 | Canton, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Apr 2015 | Cessna 421B | Diboll, Texas, United States | Edd C Hendee | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Jun 2017 | Cessna 421B | Carlsbad, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Oct 2015 | Cessna 421 | Amarillo, Texas, United States | Denny Ohara | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 2017 | Cessna 421C | Catawba, Wisconsin, United States | - | Fatal | 6 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2016 | Joe Salomone SUPER CUB SQ2 | Boca Reservoir, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 2016 | Cessna T210M | Mecca, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 2016 | Siai-Marchetti SF260 | Fullerton, California, United States | Air Combat, USA | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Dec 2016 | Bombardier CL 600 2B19 | San Francisco, California, United States | Skywest Airlines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 24 Aug 2016 | Cessna 182 | Fallbrook, California, United States | Civil Air Patrol Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 2016 | Cessna 172 | San Diego, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |