Cessna 421B N421CE

Summary

On 9 December 2011 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 421B registered N421CE, operated by Reinhart Paul Eric, was involved in an accident near Pampa, Texas, United States. 4 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.

Date

9 December 2011 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Pampa, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Perry Lefors Field Airport (PPA)

Coordinates

35.6186, -100.9939

Aircraft

Cessna 421B

Registration

N421CE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Reinhart Paul Eric

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Childress → Pampa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12CA104

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate aircraft control during landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was flying a global positioning system approach in instrument meteorological conditions with icing present. The pilot stated that the airplane broke out of the weather about 300 feet above the ground and 300 feet right of the runway, with 1/8- to 1/4-inch of accumulated ice on the wings. The pilot made a correction to the left and overshot the runway, landing hard in the grass to the left of the runway. The airplane traveled about 1,000 feet in the grass before re-entering the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the rear spar of the right wing was bent. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.