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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 441 · Sterling, CO · July 16, 1995

Date: July 16, 1995 · 11:30 local
Place: Sterling, CO
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N502BR
Reported as: Cessna 441
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,236 total728 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

N502BRRegistered now · Cessna 441S/N 4410135 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 441 Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At FL200 lost 12000 ft in severe down draft. Rolled went into spin. Damaged interior. Build ups in area. Injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AT FL200 LOST 12000 FT IN SEVERE DOWN DRAFT. ROLLED WENT INTO SPIN.DAMAGED INTERIOR.BUILD UPS IN AREA.INJURIES.