Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III crash, Aug 27, 2013 (1 killed)
Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III accident on August 27, 2013 near Paris, Illinois, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot did not abort the...
- Date: August 27, 2013
- Aircraft: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III
- Location: Paris, Illinois, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot did not abort the takeoff after detecting degraded performance and chose to fly with a known left engine problem; the reason for the partial loss of left engine power could not be determined.
A Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III (N229H) operated by RSB Aviation took off from Paris, Illinois, for Terre Haute with one pilot aboard. A left engine problem known to the company had not been corrected, and the airplane performed poorly on the takeoff roll. It ran off the end of the runway, hit trees about half a mile from the airport, and the wreckage was consumed by fire; the pilot was killed.