# Accident 19951128047869A: Cessna 414, Webster Springs, WV, November 28, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1995, 09:45 local time
- Place: Webster Springs, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3350° N, 80.2800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3350&lon=-80.2800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28901, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28901-2007-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,850 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951128047869A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN. BECAME MISSING. WITNESS SWA ACFT FLYING LOW IN IMC LAST RADAR CONTRACT. NOT FOUND. (-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN VMC IN DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS MAINTAINING 3500 MSL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN AN IFR CLEARANCE. EXAMINATION OF THE CRASH SITE REVEALED A 400 FOOT DEBRIS FIELD ON A HEADING OF 145 DEGREES MAGNETIC WHICH WOULD COINCIDE WITH A DIRECT ROUTE FROM SUTTON WEST VIRGINIA TO HIS DESTINATION OF LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE HARDWOOD FOREST IN THE CRANBERRY WILDERNESS AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 4220 FEET MSL.                                       (.19) SEE NTSB PRELIMINARY REPORT #NYC96FA192.

## 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 NYC96FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA192), Nov 28, 1995: Cessna 414 (N28901), Marlinton, WV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into obscured, rising mountainous terrain, and his failure to climb the airplane as conditions worsened. Factors included the rising terrain and the weather…

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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