Cessna 421C accident near Hunt, TX
On August 24, 2000, a Cessna 421C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hunt, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 24, 2000
- Place
- Hunt, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.000°N, 99.384°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21721
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 24, 2000, at 1549 central daylight time, a Cessna 421C, twin-engine airplane, N421NT, struck trees, a fence, and terrain during a forced landing following a loss of left engine power near Hunt, Texas. The airplane was owned and operated by NewTek Enterprise, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight. The commercial pilot, sole occupant, received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The maintenance ferry flight departed Pecos, Texas, approximately 1416, with a planned destination of San Antonio, Texas. Personnel at the Pecos Municipal Airport reported to FAA inspectors that on the day of the accident, a Cessna 182D single-engine airplane, N9141X, with four people aboard landed at the Pecos Municipal Airport. The pilot of N9141X and two of the passengers went to N421NT. Subsequently, a battery was installed in N421NT. Both airplanes, N9141X and N421NT, departed Pecos for San Antonio. While en route, the pilots of N421NT and N9141X maintained communication on the Kerrville Municipal Airport common traffic advisory frequency (122.7 Megahertz). Kerrville is located a few miles north of the route of flight from Pecos to San Antonio. One witness, who was monitoring the frequency, another pilot in the vicinity of Kerrville, and personnel at the Kerrville Municipal Airport heard the pilot of N421NT report that the airplane was about 25 miles on the 087 degree radial to the Kerr
Probable cause
the loss of left engine power as a result of the owner's failure to overhaul the engine before further flight after the lubrication system was found contaminated with metal. Contributing factors were the pilot's decision to fly the aircraft with a non-operating landing gear system, which resulted in a forced landing, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
