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Cessna 421B N5943M

26 December 1981 · Dallas, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 December 1981 at about 12:50 local time, a Cessna 421B registered N5943M was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Dallas, Texas, United States. 5 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
at 12:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Love
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 421B
Registration
N5943M
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Houston, Tx → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3022

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
5 0 0 0 5

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 GEAR COLLAPSED FOR UNKN RSN.FOUND DRAG OVR-CTRLOCK RIGGED W INSUFFICIENT PRELOAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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