From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot reported his attitude indicator was inoperative and he was hand flying the aircraft. He soon thereafter declared an emergency. The aircraft descended at a rapid rate and was destroyed when it impacted terrain in a near vertical angle. Both the pilot and his passenger were fatally injured.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED HIS ATTITUDE INDICATOR WAS INOPERATIVE AND HE WAS HAND FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. HE SOON THEREAFTER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AT A RAPID RATE AND WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A NEAR VERTICAL ANGLE. BOTH THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.
Other reports on N441AR · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.