# Accident 20030410009179A: Cessna 414, Waleska, GA, April 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Waleska, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3167° N, 84.6531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3167&lon=-84.6531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N822DB-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030410009179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 10, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1640 EDT, AIRPLANE N822DB DEPARTED FROM ROME, GEORGIA, AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED BUT NOT ACTIVATED. THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADED TO CHEROKEE COUNTY AIRPORT WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA IN BLACK MOUNTAIN 11.3 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF CHEROKEE COUNTY AIRPORT. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT POST-CRASH FIRE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE AIRPLANE WAS REPORTED MISSING ON APRIL 11, 2003 AND WAS LOCATED ON APRIL 12, 2003. DURING EXAMINATION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND TO HAVE COLLIDED WITH THE TREES AND THE GROUND ON A 090 DEGREE MAGNETIC HEADING AT AN ELEVATION OF 1850 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE MOUNTAIN PEAK IS 2,304 FEET AND THERE WAS A 825 FOOT TALL TELEVISION TOWER IN THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT PATH. BOTH WING ASSEMBLIES AND ENGINES WERE SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON A 244 DEGREE MAGNETIC HEADING AND THE FUSELAGE WAS FIRE DAMAGED.

## 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 ATL03FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA077), Apr 10, 2003: Cessna 414 (N822DB), Waleska, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain.

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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