# Accident 20010328006029A: Cessna 414, Minneapolis, MN, March 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2001, 16:45 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CRQA
- Location: 45.0591° N, 93.3406° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0591&lon=-93.3406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8247Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8247Q-2001-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010328006029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C CRASHED ABOUT 1500 FEET SHORT OF AND SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 32R AT MIC DURING A CIRCING MANUEVER TO THAT RUNWAY FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE MIC VOR A APPROACH. THE MIC SPECI ISSUED 13 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE CRASH STATED 3/4 MILE VISIBILITY. PRIOR TO STARTING THE CIRCLING MANUEVER THE PILOT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VISIBILITY WAS 3/4 TO 1/2 MILES. LANDING MINIMUMS FOR THIS APPROACH IS 1 MILE. A/C WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN A STEEP BANK ANGLE (70 DEGREES) DURING THE CIRCLING MANUEVER. (.19)ON MARCH 28, 2001, AT 1645 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 414, N8247Q, PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32R AT THE CRYSTAL AIRPORT, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. THE 14 CFR PART 135 ON-DEMAND AIR TAXI FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED, ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SIDNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SIDNEY, NEBRASKA AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME.

## 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 CHI01LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA109), Mar 28, 2001: Cessna 414 (N8247Q), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining the proper airspeed during the circling approach, the inadvertent stall and the subsequent loss of control. Factors were the pilot's decision to continue the approach in…

## Other reports on N8247Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19891211058579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891211058579A), Dec 11, 1989: Cessna 414 (N8247Q), Bullhead City, AZ, Substantial damage. Collided with a fence and a vehicle while taxiing to ramp. Was reported to taxi too fast for the area.
- [Accident 19750529042809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750529042809A), May 29, 1975: Cessna 414 (N8247Q), IA, Substantial damage

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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