# Accident 19920810030309A: Cessna 441, Gainesville, GA, August 10, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1992, 17:50 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2848° N, 83.8398° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2848&lon=-83.8398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N920C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N920C-1992-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3318
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 305 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920810030309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BIRD STRIKE ON TAKEOFF. RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER APPARENTLY BIRD INJESTED. FAILED TO CLEAN UP OR FEATHER. HIT TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL92LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA156), Aug 10, 1992: Cessna 441 (N920C), Gainesville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE POOR INFLIGHT DECISION BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND IN THAT AFTER A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER, HE SHUT DOWN THE WRONG ENGINE, DID NOT FOLLOW THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, DID NOT RAISE THE FLAPS, AND DID NOT…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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