Cessna 421C N386G

Summary

On 16 August 1983 at about 12:25 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N386G, operated by M.f.s. Associates, was involved in an accident near Centerto, Indiana, United States. 8 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 7 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 August 1983 at 12:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Centerto, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N386G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

M.f.s. Associates

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Indianapolis → Washington

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83FA383

1 person was seriously injured.

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

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING A CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, HE ENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT. WHILE MAKING AN ENTRY ON A TRIP SHEET, HE FELT A BUMP & NOTED THAT THE ACFT HAD STARTED TO DESCEND. HE DISENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT & THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN VIOLENTLY.REDUCING POWER HAD AN ADVERSE EFFECT, SO HE INCREASED POWER AGAIN. HE FINALLY LEVELED THE ACFT JUST PRIOR TO IMPACTING IN A FIELD AT CRUISE POWER. THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB CABLES WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN CROSSED BETWEEN THE TAB ACTUATOR & THE PULLEY IN THE TAIL CONE. THE TAB WAS ALSO FOUND FULLY TRIMMED NOSE DOWN. THE ACFT HAD JUST BEEN GIVEN AN ANNUAL INSPECTION DURING WHICH THE ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR HAD BEEN REMOVED, INSPECTED & LUBRICATED. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLT SINCE THE INSPECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.