Cessna 421 N354WP

21 May 1973 · Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 May 1973 at about 18:40 local time, a Cessna 421 registered N354WP, operated by Spencer Foods, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 May 1973 at 18:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Crystal Lake
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 421
Registration: N354WP
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Spencer Foods
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Chicago, Ill → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-1510

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

L TRUNION ASSEMBLY 5041102-1, END FITTING BRACE LOCK 0841101 AND BOLT SEPARATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1510, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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