# Accident 20060308004049A: Cessna 414A, Kahului, HI, March 8, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2006, 19:14 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H48A
- Location: 20.8869° N, 156.4544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8869&lon=-156.4544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5601C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5601C-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060308004049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 8, 2006, N5601C DEPARTED THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BOUND FOR KAHULUI. AT 1908 LOCAL TIME, ON APPROACH INTO KAHULUI, N5601C WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 2. AT 1911, THE PILOT INFORMED ATC THAT HE WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN, LOST AN ENGINE AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM ATC. APPROXIMATELY TWENTY NINE SECONDS LATER, THE PILOT INFORMED ATC HE WAS COMING IN FOR RUNWAY 5. FORTY ONE SECONDS LATER THE PILOT WOULD REPEATEDLY INFORM ATC THAT HE HAD LOST AN ENGINE. AT 1913 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A BMW DEALERSHIP IN KAHULUI, MAUI. N5601C WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT AND TWO MEDICS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 LAX06FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA126), Mar 9, 2006: Cessna 414A (N5601C), Kahului, HI, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to execute the published emergency procedures pertaining to configuring the airplane for single engine flight, which would have allowed him to maintain minimum controllable…

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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