# Accident 20050119004489A: Cessna 414, Akron, OH, January 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2005, 09:10 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0375° N, 81.4669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0375&lon=-81.4669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,403 total, 70 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050119004489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AKRON-FULTON AIRPORT (AKR) IN BLOWING SNOW. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE PILOT RECEIVED NO INDICATION OF ICING CONDITIONS FOR HIS PROPOSED FLIGHT PATH. DURING CLIMB PILOT NOTED MODERATE/SEVERE UNFORECASTED ICING CONDITIONS. PILOT TRIED TO CLIMB OUT OF ICING CONDITIONS WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO AIRCRAFT PITCH INSTABILITY. PILOT REJECTED RETURNING TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND OPTED FOR LANDING AT AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT (CAK). PILOT WAS GIVEN AN ASR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19. PILOT HAD NO FORWARD VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY ICE ON WINDSHIELD, NO FORWARD VISION, ONLY PILOT SIDE VENT WINDOW HAD LIMITED VISIBILITY FOR LANDING. PILOT APPROACHED OVER RUNWAY AT 100 TO 105 KNOTS AND AIRCRAFT STALLED AND DROPPED IN AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO FBO UNDER OWN POWER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED VISUAL EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, PROPELLERS AND ENGINE NACELLES.

## 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 IAD05LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA034), Jan 19, 2005: Cessna 414 (N5DS), Akron, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain a complete weather briefing, which resulted in an inadequate weather decision, and flight into known icing conditions. A factor was the airplane not being equipped for…

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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