# Accident 19970102000139A: Cessna 441, Lakeland, FL, January 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1997, 11:21 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9793° N, 82.0104° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9793&lon=-82.0104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441MS-1998-08-19) (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: 6,511 total, 533 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970102000139A

## Narrative

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

TORQUE TEST FLIGHT. YAWED. DRAGGED WING. CARTWHEELED TO UPRIGHT. BURNED. FAILED HOLD HEADING. . BECAME BELOW VMC.

## 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 MIA97LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA056), Jan 2, 1997: Cessna 441 (N441MS), Lakeland, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: Failure of the electronic engine control, which caused an overtorque condition in the right engine that made directional control of the airplane not possible by the pilot when the power to the left…

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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