Cessna 414 N1994G

Summary

On 31 January 1985 at about 18:10 local time, a Cessna 414 registered N1994G was involved in an accident near Sadsburyville, Pennsylvania, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 January 1985 at 18:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Sadsburyville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Chester County (N40)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 414

Registration

N1994G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Latrobe → Coatesville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85FA057

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

ACFT WAS ON ITS RWY 29 APCH WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH GND 1 MILE FROM THE ARPT. A WITNESS SAW HE ACFT FLY OVER THE ARPT TO THE WEST BETWEEN 500 TO 1500 FT. WITNESSES NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE SAW THE ACFT MAKING ABRUPT MANEUVERS AT LOW ALTITUDE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ENGINE SOUNDS WAS DESCRIBED AS 'RACING', 'UNEVEN', & 'LOUD'. WEATHER CONDITION WAS DESCRIBED AS FOG, LOW CEILING, AND LIGHT RAIN. ANOTHER PILOT IN SAME TYPE ACFT WAS UNABLE TO LAND DUE TO WEATHER. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSED EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION. FLT APCH NAVAID FACILITIES FLT CHECKED TO BE OPERATIONAL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PLT PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OR INCAPACITATION. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.