# Accident 20020105001649A: Cessna 441, Riogrande, Puerto Rico, January 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2002, 14:23 local time
- Place: Riogrande, Puerto Rico
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3178° N, 65.7672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3178&lon=-65.7672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441AW-2002-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020105001649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 5, 2002, ABOUT 1423 ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME (AST), A CESSNA 441, REGISTERED TO ALEXANDER LEASING LLC, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED WHILE MANEUVERING AT ABOUT 1,560 FEET ON EL YUNQUE MOUNTAIN IN THE VICINITY OF RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE DEPARTED FROM CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO (CPX/TJCP), ABOUT 14 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ATL02FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA031), Jan 5, 2002: Cessna 441 (N441AW), Rio Grande, PR, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot continued visual flight flight into instrument flight conditions resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain. Low clouds were a factor.

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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