Cessna 340A N5GM
14 December 1995 · Mead, Washington, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 14 December 1995 at about 02:16 local time, a Cessna 340A registered N5GM was involved in an accident near Mead, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 02:16
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mead, Washington, United States
- Coordinates
- 47.8291, -117.2106
- Aircraft
- Cessna 340A
- Registration
- N5GM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Spokane → Sandpoint
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- SEA96FA029
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance in mountainous terrain. Factors contributing to the accident were: dark night conditions, mountainous terrain, and instrument meteorological conditions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot's departure plans were changed, when, instead of flying direct to his originally planned destination, he was asked to pick up a passenger at another airport prior to returning home. He departed for his alternative destination in dark night conditions, leveled off at his cruise altitude and impacted the side of a mountain in level flight about 25 miles from his departure point. Air Traffic Control vectored another aircraft to the vicinity after communications and radar contact were lost. The crew of that aircraft stated that instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time in the vicinity of the crash site.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 1995 | Cessna 340 | Riverton, Wyoming, United States | American Check Transport, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 7 Dec 1995 | Cessna 340A | San Dimas, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Oct 1995 | Cessna 340 | Vienna, Austria | Austrian Cessna Aviation, Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1995 | Cessna 340 | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | Norman K. Moses | No injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 1995 | Cessna 340A | Dallas, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Feb 1994 | Cessna 340A | Dunsmuir, California, United States | PAW Management | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 1995 | Hughes 369HS | Orting, Washington, United States | Helicopter Specialty | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Jul 1995 | Cessna 182R | Copalis Beach, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jul 1995 | Aero Commander S2R | Odessa, Washington, United States | Smith Air, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 1995 | Champion 7GCBC | Moses Lake, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 1995 | Wheeler KITFOX V | Silvana, Washington, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 15 Jul 1995 | Piper PA-28-160 | Kent, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |