Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I crash, Mar 28, 1989 (1 killed)
Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I accident on March 28, 1989 near Brownsville-South Padre Island, Texas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Improper...
- Date: March 28, 1989
- Aircraft: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I
- Location: Brownsville-South Padre Island, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Improper emergency procedure after losing power in the right engine, and the airspeed was allowed to fall below minimum control speed. Contributing factors were fuel starvation of the right engine and the pilot's inexperience in this type.
A Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I (N4595L) crashed near Brownsville, Texas, on 28 March 1989 after the right engine lost fuel and the airspeed fell below minimum control speed during a local flight. The sole pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and a post-impact fire.