# Accident 20021230038729A: Cessna 441, Arkansis City, KS, December 30, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Arkansis City, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0742° N, 97.0385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arkansas City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0742&lon=-97.0385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441AR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441AR-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021230038729A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N441AR (2)

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

- [Accident 20020130002359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020130002359A), Jan 30, 2002: Cessna 441 (N441AR), Winfield, KS, No damage, 2 fatal. (.19) On January 30, 2002, at 1359 central standard time, a Cessna 441, conquest ii, N441AR, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in a pasture near Winfield,…
- [Accident 20011230038299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011230038299A), Dec 30, 2001: Cessna 441 (N441AR), Arkansascity, KS, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) The pilot reported his attitude indicator was inoperative and he was hand flying the aircraft. He soon thereafter declared an emergency. The aircraft…

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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