# Accident 20030531012289A: Cessna 425, Pueblo, CO, May 31, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2003, 16:15 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3596° N, 104.7700° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3596&lon=-104.7700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N425SG-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 425 (registry code 2076018, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531012289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 31, 2003, SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PAGE AZ ENROUTE DENVER CENTENNIAL (APA). THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR, PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS COMMERCIAL RATED PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED NOR WAS THE ADDITIONAL PERSON SEATED AFT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WAS VECTORING HIM TO AVOID SIGMET CONSISTING OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION, LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE TURBULENCE. APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO, CO., THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THAT SAME SIGMET. THIS ENCOUNTER, REPORTED THE PILOT, WAS OF SUCH MAGNITUDE, THAT THE FULL STRENGTH OF BOTH PILOTS WAS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 DEN03LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA095), May 31, 2003: Cessna 425 (N425SG), Pueblo, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions. Contributing factors include the encounter with severe turbulence and hail.

## Other reports on N425SG (1)

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

- [Accident 20050813020569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050813020569A), Aug 13, 2005: Cessna 425 (N425SG), Denver, CO, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) On aug 13, 2005 at approx. 2020 MDT a Cessna N245 twin engine turboprop airplane, N425SG was destroyed when it impacted the terrain near lone tree, CO,…

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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