# Accident 20050813020569A: Cessna 425, Denver, CO, August 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2005, 20:08 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5022° N, 104.8358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5022&lon=-104.8358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N425SG-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 425 (registry code 2076018, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050813020569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUG 13, 2005 AT APPROX. 2020 MDT A CESSNA N245 TWIN ENGINE TURBOPROP AIRPLANE, N425SG WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN NEAR LONE TREE, CO, DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA), NEAR ENGLEWOOD, CO. THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SANDPOINT, ID AT APPROX. 1730. A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE ATC COMMUNICATIONS SHOWED THE PILOT RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER COURSE FOR THE ILS RWY 35R. AT 2018:04 THE PILOT REPORTED HIS POSITION AT THE OUTER MARKER, THE APA TOWER CONTROLLER CLEARED THE PILOT TO LAND, AND THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. AT 2018:46 THE PILOT REQUESTED THE CEILING HEIGHT AT APA AND WAS TOLD 500 FEET. AT 2019:04 THE APA CONTROLLER INFORMED THE PILOT OF A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT, AND THE PILOT RESPONDED "YEAH WE'RE A BIT LOW HERE", AT 2019:33 THE PILOT REPORTED "BACK ON GLIDESLOPE." AT 2019:53 THE TOWER TOLD THE PILOT TO "CHECK ALTITUDE" BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THE TOWER WAS UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PILOT AFTER THAT.

## 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 DEN05FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA126), Aug 14, 2005: Cessna 425 (N425SG), Lone Tree, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly execute the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

## Other reports on N425SG (1)

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

- [Accident 20030531012289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531012289A), May 31, 2003: Cessna 425 (N425SG), Pueblo, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 31, 2003, subject aircraft departed page AZ enroute denver centennial (apa). The flight was being conducted under title 14 CFR, part 91. The…

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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