# Accident 20050103002239A: Cessna 441, Thermal, CA, January 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2005, 09:10 local time
- Place: Thermal, CA
- Airport: Thermal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6267° N, 116.1597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6267&lon=-116.1597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441CX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441CX-2021-02-12) (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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,763 total, 454 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050103002239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON COMPLETION OF THE VOR DME RWY 30 APPROACH IN IMC CONDITIONS AT THERMAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER ON THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED TWO TIMES, AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 LAX05CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA059), Jan 3, 2005: Cessna 441 (N441CX), Thermal, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudged speed and distance, which resulted in a failure to attain the proper touchdown point and a subsequent overrun of the runway. A factor in the accident was limited braking…

## Other reports on N441CX (1)

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

- [Accident 20181118024819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181118024819A), Nov 18, 2018: Cessna 441 (N441CX), Mandan, ND, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On November 18, 2018, at 2240 central standard time, a Cessna 441, N441CX, was destroyed when it broke up in-flight and impacted an open field near Mandan,…

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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