Cessna 414 N56H
7 April 2017 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 April 2017 at about 16:50 local time, a Cessna 414 registered N56H, operated by Aeromack LLC, was involved in an accident near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fulton County Airport-Brown Fi (FTY)
- Coordinates
- 33.7767, -84.5250
- Aircraft
- Cessna 414
- Registration
- N56H
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1977
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Aeromack LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Brunswick → Atlanta
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA17LA151
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's diverted attention during the landing approach, which resulted in his failure to configure the landing gear and a subsequent a gear-up landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
While the pilot was approaching the airport for landing in gusting wind conditions, the landing runway was changed, and an airplane was cleared to takeoff while the pilot was on final approach. The pilot reported that he was distracted by the wind conditions, reconfiguring the approach for a different runway, and the airplane taking off ahead of him, and did not recall performing his normal before-landing procedures; though he "thought" that he extended the landing gear. The airplane landed with the gear retracted, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The accident is consistent with the pilot's failure to configure the landing gear before landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2017 | Cessna 414 | San Jose, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Aug 2018 | Cessna 414 | Santa Ana, California, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 3 Aug 2016 | Cessna 414 | Destin, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Feb 2019 | Cessna 414 | Yorba Linda, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Oct 2019 | Cessna 414 | Colonia, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Apr 2015 | Cessna 414A | Bloomington, Illinois, United States | Make It Happen Aviation, LLC | Fatal | 7 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 4 Mar 2017 | Cessna 421 | Canton, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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