# Accident 20030626018209A: Cessna 414, Ft. Myers, FL, June 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2003, 12:51 local time
- Place: Ft. Myers, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7447° N, 81.9350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7447&lon=-81.9350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N749AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N749AA-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030626018209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 26, 2003, AT 1251 EST, A CESSNA 414, N749AA, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND A SECTION OF A MOBILE HOME NEAR NORTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. NO POST-CRASH FIRE WAS NOTED, AND NO EVIDENCE OF AN APPRECIABLE FUEL SPILL WAS OBSERVED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE WRECKAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, ALTHOUGH THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED FLIGHT FOLLOWING PORTIONS OF THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL AS HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR ON THE DOWNWIND LEG. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AS HE TURNED BASE, THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A SPIN. THE PILOT STATED HE INITIATED A SPIN RECOVERY, AND FROM THAT POINT ON WAS NOT SURE AS TO WHAT HAD OCCURRED. AT THE OVERHAUL FACILITY, LESS THEN FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL WERE RECOVERED FROM EACH TIP TANK. FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND A TEST CLUB PROPELLER WAS PLACED ON THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE MET SATISFACTORY PARAMETERS.

## 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 MIA03FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA135), Jun 26, 2003: Cessna 414 (N749AA), N. Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed (Vs) following a total loss of engine power from the right engine due to fuel starvation, resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and…

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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