Cessna 421 N5959M
29 October 1972 · Fort Hancock, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 29 October 1972 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 421 registered N5959M was involved in an accident during in flight near Fort Hancock, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Hancock, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421
- Registration
- N5959M
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Corpus Christi, Tex → Phoenix, Ariz
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3492
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
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
TRIED TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN.DENS ALT 9000FT
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 421 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar 1972 | Cessna 421B | East Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Winer Sportswe | Fatal | 2 |
| 12 Jul 1972 | Cessna 421 | Bishop, California, United States | Colony Kitchen | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1972 | Cessna 421A | Jefferson, Ohio, United States | Picoma Industr | Fatal | 2 |
| 18 Aug 1972 | Cessna 421 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | Kenway Enginee | No injuries | - |
| 16 Dec 1972 | Cessna 421 | Cheektowaga, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 28 Jul 1972 | Cessna 421A | Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States | Carolina Fleet | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |