# Accident 20020324006099A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Denver, CO, March 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2002, 16:31 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4936° N, 104.8678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4936&lon=-104.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N341DM-2012-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020324006099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GUNNISON, CO (GUN) ENROUTE TO DENVER, CO (APA) UNDER AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. WEATHER BRIEFING PROVIDED BY DUATS. AIRCRAFT HAD A CURRENT ANNUAL WITH THE LAST INSPECTION DATED 07/12/01. METAR WEATHER AT THE TIME AT APA WAS; WIND 050 AT 10 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 5 STATUE MILE WITH MIST, CLOUDS WERE BROKEN AT 9000' AND OVERCAST AT 15,000', TEMPERATURE WAS -4 DEGREES C AND DEW POINT -6 DEGREES C. THE TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT SPREAD WOULD INDICATE ICING CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS, RUNWAY 35R. AT APPROXIMATELY 4 NAUTICAL MILES THE PILOT REPORTED HAVING LOST AN ENGINE. WITNESS REPORTS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND BANKED. THE WRECKAGE WOULD SUGGEST THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND NEAR VERTICAL AND INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT, 30' FROM INITIAL POINT AND POSITIONED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ORIGINAL FLIGHT PATH APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE EAST OF I-25, MILE MARKER 190.

## 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 DEN02FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA034), Mar 24, 2002: Cessna 340 (N341DM), Englewood, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot not following procedures/directives (flying a landing approach with the left fuel selector in the auxiliary position). Contributing factors were the loss of the left engine power due to…

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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