# NTSB Accident DEN03FA025
> **Cessna 421** · 2002-12-25 · Akron, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN03FA025
- **Event ID:** 20030103X00007
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-12-25
- **Location:** Akron, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.183334, -103.238609
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 421
- **Registration:** N421D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The fractured connecting rods and the pilot not maintaining aircraft control following the engine failure.  Factors contributing to the accident were the low altitude, the pilot not maintaining minimum controllable airspeed following the engine failure, the pilot's inability to feather the propeller following the engine failure, oil exhaustion, the seized pistons, and the repair station's improper maintenance on the airplane's engines.

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