# Accident 20031210034899A: Cessna 441, Birmingham, AL, December 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2003, 14:20 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4164° N, 86.8069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4164&lon=-86.8069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441W-2006-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,350 total, 424 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031210034899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 10, 2003, AT 1420 CST, A CESSNA 441, N441W, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY WARRINGTON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THE BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 24 AND WAS CLEARED TO CLIMB ON RUNWAY HEADING TO 5,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED AT 5,000 FEET AND THEN THE CONTROLLER CLEARED THE FLIGHT TO 10,000 FEET. MINUTES LATER THE PILOT TRANSMITTED A MAYDAY CALL TO THE CONTROLLER AND THEN REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A SPIN AND COMING OUT OF THE SKY. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND REPORTED HEARING LOUD ENGINE NOISES AND SEEING THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDING STRAIGHT DOWN.

## 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 ATL04FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA049), Dec 10, 2003: Cessna 441 (N441W), Vestavia Hills, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during climb in icing conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent stall / spin of the airplane and subsequent uncontrolled descent and collision…

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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