# Accident 20030526011259A: Cessna 414, Windsor Locks, CT, May 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2003, 18:28 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0322° N, 73.2181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0322&lon=-73.2181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1234, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1234-2003-11-05) (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 TSIO520JB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 70 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030526011259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C N1234, A CESSNA 414-414, DITCHED IN LONG ISLAND SOUND ON MONDAY, MAY 26, 2003. THE A/C DEPARTED ORLANDO, FL (MCO) ENROUTE TO SALISBURY, MD (SBY). THE PILOT AMENDED HIS FLIGHT PLAN WHILE ENROUTE, CHANGING THE DESTINATION TO WHITE PLAINS, NY (HPN). THE WEATHER WAS IFR. AFTER BEGINNING A DESCENT FOR HPN, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MINIMUM FUEL AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT. ATC ASKED THE N1234 IF HE WAS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY. ATC VECTORED THE PILOT TOWARDS BRIDGEPORT, CT (BDR). DURING FURTHER DESCENT, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LOST AN ENGINE. ONE AND 1/2 MINUTES LATER, THE OTHER ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT DITCHED THE A/C IN LONG ISLAND SOUND.

## 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 IAD03LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA055), May 26, 2003: Cessna 414 (N1234), Port Jefferson, NY, destroyed. Probable cause: Loss of power to both engines for undetermined reasons.

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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