# Accident 20030504009929A: Cessna 411, Corona, CA, May 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2003, 14:52 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8967° N, 117.5742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8967&lon=-117.5742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1133S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1133S-2015-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,899 total, 169 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030504009929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 4, 2003, AT 1453 DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 411, N1133S, LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES EAST OF CORONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CORONA, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT-OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CORONA AIRPORT AROUND 1430, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) THAT HE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE, AND WAS GOING TO RETURN TO CORONA. THE AIRPLANE FLEW OVER SEVERAL WITNESSES WHO WERE WITHIN 1/2 MILE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING "VERY LOW". THE AIRPLEN WAS HEADING TOWARD THE CORONA AIRPORT. THE WITNESSES SAID THAT THE "WINGS WOBBLED THEN HE DOVE STRAIGHT DOWN." THE WRECKAGE WAS IMMEDIATELY LOCATED BY POLICE AND FIRE-RESCUE CREW WHO EXTINGUISHED A FIRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 LAX03FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA147), May 4, 2003: Cessna 411 (N1133S), Corona, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to properly configure the airplane for a one engine inoperative condition (including his failure to feather the propeller of the affected engine, retract the landing gear,…

## Other reports on N1133S (1)

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

- [Incident 19981205044689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981205044689I), Dec 5, 1998: Cessna 411 (N1133S), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. The abovementioned aricraft N1133S, sustained minor damage when the nose landing gear collapsed. This incident occured during the beginning stages of take off…

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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