Cessna 414 N1671T

Summary

On 16 June 2014 at about 23:45 local time, a Cessna 414 registered N1671T, operated by Ping Ze Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Pleasanton, Texas, United States. 6 people were on board and 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 June 2014 at 23:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Pleasanton, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Pleasanton Municipal (PEZ)

Coordinates

28.9593, -98.4894

Aircraft

Cessna 414

Registration

N1671T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1973

Engines

2

Operator

Ping Ze Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Addison → Pleasanton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14CA295

5 people had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an aborted landing due to an encounter with a tailwind.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot obtained the airport's weather information prior to landing, which included wind from 250 degrees at 9 knots gusting to 20 knots. He realized that he would land with a 90 degree crosswind on either runway and elected to land on the runway 34. When the airplane was on short final, the pilot realized the wind had shifted to a direct tailwind and he immediately executed a go-around. The pilot established a 500 feet per minute climb at an airspeed of 120 knots. When the airplane was about 200-feet-above the ground, the airplane began to descend and the airspeed began to decrease. The pilot was unable to arrest the descent and lowered the airplane's nose in an attempt to gain airspeed, but the airplane stalled and rolled left The pilot leveled the wings and the airplane impacted the ground in a level attitude, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane's fuselage and right wing. Wind reported five minutes after the accident was from 130 degrees at 14 knots gusting to 19 knots. The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or engines that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.