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Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:24 pm
by ScudRunner-d95
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:43 pm
by Chuck Ellsworth
Did both engines quit?
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:56 am
by ScudRunner-d95
Still no word from what I can find online.
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:08 am
by Chuck Ellsworth
The 421 is a real nice comfortable airplane I really liked it.
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:21 am
by Colonel
Amazing no one was killed. When shit goes south in
a twin, people are far less likely to be able to walk away.
421 gets a bad rep from some people, but it's the nicest
piston twin I ever flew. If I came across the right one,
I'd probably snap it up.
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:16 pm
by Slick Goodlin
[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=8196.msg22669#msg22669 date=1522646498]
421 gets a bad rep from some people, but it's the nicest piston twin I ever flew. If I came across the right one, I'd probably snap it up.
[/quote]
Ever flown a Mitsubishi? I bet you’d love the thing and from what I understand they’re cheaper to run than some piston twins.
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:11 am
by Colonel
I'd love a moo-too. Weird, fast, loud and everyone
says they're "dangerous".
Perfect!
I refueled one, once. Even that was weird. Love it.
PS I think you can operate them under part 61 as
long as you comply with the SFAR for pilot training?
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:27 am
by Chuck Ellsworth
I used to fly a Turbo Commander 690B for a logging machine manufacturer and just loved the thing, it would do everything a pilot looks for...except keep up with a MU2.
They used to zip right by us coming back from Alaska.
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:44 am
by John Swallow
Chuck;
If you liked the 690B, you'd have wet your pants in the 1000. It had all the fine handling characteristics of its predecessors and had a book cruise of 305 knots. I used to flight plan the one I flew at 295. Lovely airplane.
Re: Cessna 421 crashes short of runway at YSN
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:01 pm
by anofly
Any chance Conrad H was flying this 421?
Colonel, the 421 could be expensive to look after...