# Accident 19930729031189A: Cessna 414, Lake City, FL, July 29, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1993, 22:02 local time
- Place: Lake City, FL
- Airport: Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1886° N, 82.6422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1886&lon=-82.6422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4232C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930729031189A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE SURGE DEVIATING WEATHER. DIVERTED TO 31J. LANDED FAST LONG AND HARD . BLEW TIRES. VEERED INTO DITCH

## 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 MIA93LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA166), Jul 30, 1993: Cessna 414 (N4232C), Lake City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMMAND TO PROPERLY FLARE BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AND THE PILOT'S DECISION TO LAND WITH EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE APREHENSION/ANXIETY OF THE PILOT DURING…

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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