Cessna 421C N68653

Summary

On 29 January 1986 at about 18:14 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N68653 was involved in an accident near Birmingham, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 January 1986 at 18:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Birmingham, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.5404, -83.2100

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N68653

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Troy → Lansing

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86FA079

2 people died.

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

AT ROTATION THE RIGHT ENG FAILED. THE ACFT ENTERED A SKIDDING TURN TO THE RT AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO ABOUT 100 FT AGL. DURING THE TURN 110 DEG FROM T.O. HEADING ACFT ROLLED INVERTED AND DESCENDED INTO A CAR PORT. EXTENSIVE POST IMPACT FIRE DESTROYED ACFT, CAR PORT AND THREE VEHICLES. GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED AND PROP WAS NOT FEATHERED. DURING POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE RT ENG EXTENSIVE INTERNAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.