Cessna 414A N59DB

Summary

On 5 July 1984 at about 14:05 local time, a Cessna 414A registered N59DB was involved in an accident near Winchester, Indiana, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 July 1984 at 14:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Winchester, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

40.1692, -84.9704

Aircraft

Cessna 414A

Registration

N59DB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Wayne → Atlanta

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA278

4 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT ENTERED AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM AFTER BEING ADVISED BY ARTC OF SEVERAL LARGE AREAS OF HEAVY PRECIP IN HIS AREA& ALONG THE VICINITY OF HIS FLT PATH. THE PLTS RESPONSE WAS THAT HIS ACFT RADAR SHOWED NO BUILD-UPS OR RETURNS. ATC ALLOWED DEVIATIONS AT PLTS DISCRETION ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED TAPED CONVERSATION. THE PLT CONTINUED HIS FLT PATH & WASLOST ON RADAR SHORTLY THEREAFTER IN A DESCENDING RT TURN AT 16800 FT MSL. WITNESSES SAW HIM EXIT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLOUDAT ABOUT 1000 FT AGL. THE WINGS WERE SEEN TO SEPARATE FROM THE FUSELAGE. OTHER WITNESSES SAW THE FUSELAGE DESCEND INVERTED, MINUS THE WINGS, EMPANNAGE & ENGINES, TO IMPACT IN A CORN FLD. THE WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 1 & 1/2MILES LONG & 1/2 MILE WIDE. WITNESSES WHO HAD OBSERVED THE ACFTS PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE DESCRIBED IT AS 'MASS CONFUSION' IN THE COCKPIT. THE ACFT REPORTEDLY CREPT FOWARD SIX TIMES DURING AN EXTENDED 10-15 MINUTE CHECKLIST WHILE THE ENGINES WERE RUNNING AT A HIGH RPM SETTING ON A RAMP WITH OTHER ACFT & PEOPLE AROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.