Cessna 421C N321FL
16 February 2003 · San Francisco, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 February 2003 at about 09:52 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N321FL was involved in an accident near San Francisco, California, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 09:52
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- San Francisco International (SFO)
- Coordinates
- 37.6275, -122.3892
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421C
- Registration
- N321FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Bakersfield → San Francisco
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- LAX03LA088
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
The vehicle driver's inadequate visual lookout and failure to follow established procedures. A contributing factor was the dark nighttime condition.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
A maintenance truck driver failed to observe an airplane that had just landed and was taxing to the ramp on a course perpendicular to the driver's direction of travel. The westbound truck, that was proceeding on a vehicle access road, collided with the leading edge of the northbound airplane's right wing. During a dark night, the pilot had landed on runway 28R. Thereafter, he received a clearance to taxi to the ramp via a specified route. Approaching the designated parking area, the pilot negotiated a right 90-degree turn and again proceeded in a northerly direction toward a fixed base operator's parking area; the airplane's ground track crossed an airport service road. The truck driver failed to comply with published airport procedures by not yielding to the approaching airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 421 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 2003 | Cessna 421C | Humberside, United Kingdom | Air Support Aviation Services | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Cessna 421C | Claremont, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Feb 2003 | Cessna 421 | Ferguson, Kentucky, United States | Shalabh N. Agarwal | Fatal | 3 |
| 29 Oct 2003 | Cessna 421B | Kelso, California, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 20 Sep 2003 | Cessna 421B | Driggs, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 2003 | Cessna 421C | Sitka, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2003 | Cessna 414 | Palm Springs, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Nov 2003 | Omf OMF-100-160 | Van Nuys, California, United States | Alliance International | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Jan 2003 | Cessna 152 | Salinas, California, United States | Squadron 2 | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 2003 | Beechcraft A36TC | Visalia, California, United States | John Rodgers | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 2003 | Cessna 150F | Reedley, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Sep 2003 | McClanahan STITS PLAYMATE SA-11 | Fontana, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |