Cessna 421C N421AR

Summary

On 6 November 1986 at about 11:36 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N421AR was involved in an accident near Butte, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 November 1986 at 11:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Butte, Montana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N421AR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Helena → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN87FA016

1 person 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

PLT WAS ATTEMPTING THE VOR-B INSTRUMENT APCH TO BUTTE, MT ARPT. PLT REPORTED OVER THE COPPERTOWN VORTAC INBOUND ON THE ARPT. THE PROCEDURE TURN INBOUND COURSE TO THE VORTAC IS 124 DEGREES. THE INBOUND COURSE TO THE ARPT IS 094 DEGREES. THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON THE 124 DEGREE RADIAL 5 MILES SW OF THE ARPT. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE 340 DEGREES AT 9 KTS. THE VOR-B APCH TERMINATES AT RWY 11. RWY 33 IS 9000 FT LONG AND EQUIPPED WITH MIRL'S AND REIL'S.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.