Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III crashes

139 crashes involving the Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III since 1977, with 333 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 139
• Fatal crashes: 105
• Fatalities: 333
• First recorded: January 27, 1977
• Most recent: August 21, 2026

Deadliest

1. September 8, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Machala, El Oro, Ecuador (10 fatalities)
2. September 8, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Machala, El Oro, Ecuador (10 fatalities)
3. December 16, 1978: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Leonessa Lazio, Italy (10 fatalities)
4. November 7, 1996: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Donzeil, Creuse, France (8 fatalities)
5. September 2, 1995: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Mesquite, Nevada, United States (8 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (95)
• Germany (13)
• France (4)
• Bahamas (3)
• Switzerland (3)
• Australia (2)
• Canada (2)
• Colombia (2)
• Ecuador (2)
• Japan (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• Bolivia (1)

Years

• 1985 (10)
• 1986 (8)
• 1987 (8)
• 1988 (8)
• 1984 (6)
• 1992 (6)
• 1994 (6)
• 1995 (6)
• 1998 (5)
• 1980 (4)
• 1981 (4)
• 1982 (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

• August 21, 2026: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Fulton, Kentucky, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 30, 2026: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Wimberley, Texas, United States (5 fatalities)
• August 31, 2024: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Troutdale, Oregon, United States (3 fatalities)
• July 18, 2024: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada (2 fatalities)
• June 17, 2024: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Steamboat Springs-Bob Adams, Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
• January 7, 2024: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Valledupar-Alfonso López Pumarejo, Cesar, Colombia (1 fatality)
• November 10, 2023: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• November 18, 2022: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Decatur, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• May 6, 2022: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Houston-William P. Hobby, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 13, 2021: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Monterey, California, United States (2 fatalities)
• July 10, 2021: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Longmont, Colorado, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 15, 2019: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Canadian, Texas, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 22, 2017: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Presque Isle, Maine, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 1, 2017: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Catawba, Wisconsin, United States (6 fatalities)
• April 25, 2017: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Huntsville, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• August 27, 2014: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States (4 fatalities)
• September 24, 2013: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Lyon-Bron, Rhône, France (4 fatalities)
• August 27, 2013: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Paris, Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
• May 16, 2013: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Floriston, California, United States (1 fatality)
• December 8, 2012: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Palm Beach County Park-Lantana, Florida, United States (1 fatality)
• November 26, 2012: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Wells, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• November 10, 2012: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Shaver Lake, California, United States (2 fatalities)
• April 19, 2012: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Gulf of Mexico, World (1 fatality)
• December 9, 2011: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 9, 2011: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Demopolis, Alabama, United States (7 fatalities)
• February 23, 2011: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Connersville, Indiana, United States (1 fatality)
• July 8, 2009: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, New Port Richey, Florida, United States (5 fatalities)
• April 28, 2009: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany (0 fatalities)
• March 7, 2006: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain (2 fatalities)
• January 25, 2006: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Carson, Washington, United States (1 fatality)
• September 30, 2005: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Northrepps, Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 5, 2005: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Chicago-Executive (Palwaukee), Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 21, 2005: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Overland Park, Kansas, United States (5 fatalities)
• September 23, 2004: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Lakeway, Texas, United States (2 fatalities)
• August 30, 2004: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, El Questro, Western Australia, Australia (2 fatalities)
• December 14, 2003: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Upland, California, United States (1 fatality)
• July 3, 2003: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Sitka, Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
• May 3, 2003: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Rhodes, South Aegean, Greece (0 fatalities)
• March 29, 2003: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Humberside, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• December 3, 2002: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Tajique, New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
• June 12, 2002: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Westerland-Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (0 fatalities)
• January 17, 2002: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Nassau-Lynden Pindling, New Providence, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
• August 24, 2000: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Hunt, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• April 1, 2000: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, La Paz-El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia (4 fatalities)
• January 16, 2000: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Heringsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1999: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Santa Monica, California, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 14, 1999: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Concord-Padgett, North Carolina, United States (4 fatalities)
• October 18, 1998: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Eagle Pass-Maverick County, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• May 4, 1998: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Lanseria, Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
• April 10, 1998: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Monaco (4 fatalities)
• April 6, 1998: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt, Hamburg, Germany (1 fatality)
• February 16, 1998: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Bursa, Marmara Region, Türkiye (3 fatalities)
• December 28, 1997: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Elkins, West Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 7, 1996: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Donzeil, Creuse, France (8 fatalities)
• December 21, 1995: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States (6 fatalities)
• October 21, 1995: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Battle Creek-Kellogg Field-Executive, Michigan, United States (1 fatality)
• September 2, 1995: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Deer Valley, Arizona, United States (2 fatalities)
• September 2, 1995: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Mesquite, Nevada, United States (8 fatalities)
• July 29, 1995: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Middleton Island, Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
• March 5, 1995: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Taos, New Mexico, United States (4 fatalities)
• November 24, 1994: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (4 fatalities)
• August 3, 1994: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada (6 fatalities)
• June 15, 1994: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar, California, United States (2 fatalities)
• February 10, 1994: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, San Antonio, Texas, United States (2 fatalities)
• January 26, 1994: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, McCook-Ben Nelson, Nebraska, United States (2 fatalities)
• January 21, 1994: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Titusville, Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
• March 25, 1993: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Budapest-Ferihegy, Budapest City District, Hungary (0 fatalities)
• March 11, 1993: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Eagle Mountain, California, United States (3 fatalities)
• December 17, 1992: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt, Hamburg, Germany (1 fatality)
• December 12, 1992: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Wilsonville, Oregon, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 22, 1992: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Santa Maria, California, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 25, 1992: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Munich-Riem, Bavaria, Germany (5 fatalities)
• January 13, 1992: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Savannah, Georgia, United States (5 fatalities)
• January 4, 1992: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Mammoth Lakes-Yosemite, California, United States (4 fatalities)
• March 29, 1991: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Cortez, Colorado, United States (5 fatalities)
• April 1, 1990: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Boulder, Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
• April 22, 1989: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (7 fatalities)
• April 22, 1989: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (7 fatalities)
• September 8, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Machala, El Oro, Ecuador (10 fatalities)
• September 8, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Machala, El Oro, Ecuador (10 fatalities)
• August 9, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Marsh Harbour, Central Abaco, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
• August 9, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Marsh Harbour, Central Abaco, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
• July 14, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Taunton, Massachusetts, United States (1 fatality)
• July 14, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• May 28, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Shaver Lake, California, United States (4 fatalities)
• May 28, 1988: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Shaver Lake, California, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• August 16, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Clifton-Greenlee County, Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 16, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Clifton-Greenlee County, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 24, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Crystal City, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• July 24, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Crystal City, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• June 28, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Cody, Wyoming, United States (4 fatalities)
• June 28, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Cody, Wyoming, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• January 11, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Wada, Chūbu, Japan (3 fatalities)
• January 11, 1987: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Wada, Chūbu, Japan (3 fatalities)
• November 6, 1986: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Butte, Montana, United States (1 fatality)
• November 6, 1986: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Butte, Montana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• August 6, 1986: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Callahan, California, United States (1 fatality)
• August 6, 1986: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Callahan, California, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• January 29, 1986: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt, Hamburg, Germany (2 fatalities)
• January 29, 1986: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Troy-Oakland County, Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)