# Accident 20060828018389A: Cessna 401, Whick, KY, August 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2006, 18:45 local time
- Place: Whick, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4019° N, 83.3561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4019&lon=-83.3561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N408JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N408JC-2009-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06FA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060828018389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006, AT ABOUT 2:48 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, N408JC, A CESSNA 401, WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, 4.92 MILES WEST OF WENDELL FORD AIRPORT (K20), HAZARD, KY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A VERTICAL DESCENT AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED AND CONSUMED IN A POST CRASH FIRE. THE 35 YEAR OLD PRIVATE PILOT AND SIX PASSENGERS WHO INCLUDED HIS FOUR CHILDREN, SPOUSE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW WERE FATALLY INJURED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM WICHITA FALLS, TX, KICKAPOO AIRPORT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.082806.

## 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 NYC06FA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA209), Aug 28, 2006: Cessna 401A (N408JC), Whick, KY, destroyed, 7 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing was…

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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