# Accident 20040620026059A: Cessna 401, Mt Vernon, IL, June 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2004, 18:30 local time
- Place: Mt Vernon, IL
- Airport: Mt Vernon-Outland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3233° N, 88.8586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3233&lon=-88.8586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3234Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3234Q-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 216 total, 11 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040620026059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 20, 2004, AT 1830 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 401, N3234Q, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 (6,498 FEET BY 150 FEET, ASPHALT) AT MOUNT VERNON AIRPORT (MVN), MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED MVN APPROXIMATELY 1700. (SEE ATTACHMENT).

## 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 CHI04CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA164), Jun 20, 2004: Cessna 401 (N3234Q), Mt. Vernon, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to execute a stabilized approach for landing. An additional factor was the presence of the runway lights.

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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