Cessna 340 N2637Y

Summary

On 12 January 2008 at about 17:39 local time, a Cessna 340 registered N2637Y was involved in an accident near Port Clinton, Ohio, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 January 2008 at 17:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Clinton, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Carl R Keller Field (PCW)

Coordinates

41.5272, -82.8700

Aircraft

Cessna 340

Registration

N2637Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mansfield → Port Clinton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI08FA061

4 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during the landing approach.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing approach, a witness saw the twin-engine airplane slow and stall. The airplane crashed short of the runway, in a residential backyard. An airport manager flew with the pilot 8 days before the accident. The manager reported that during his flight the pilot flew the approach and landing with the aural stall warning horn activated. The manager advised the pilot of the aural warning, however no corrective action was taken by the pilot during that flight. An on-scene investigation revealed no preimpact mechanical anomalies. The pilot had about 12.6 hours of flight time in the accident airplane, of which 7.7 hours were dual instruction. Due to the lack of any mechanical problems with the airplane, the pilot's minimal experience in twin-engine airplanes, and his history of flying the airplane too slow, it is probable that he allowed the airspeed to decay below a safe speed, and inadvertently stalled it.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.