# Accident 20070112002279A: Cessna 425, Harbor Springs, MI, January 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2007, 18:23 local time
- Place: Harbor Springs, MI
- Airport: Harbor Springs Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4256° N, 84.9133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4256&lon=-84.9133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425TN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N425TN-2008-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 425 (registry code 2076018, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,992 total, 60 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070112002279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1823 EST, ON JANUARY 12, 2007, THE CE-425-425, CONQUEST 1 WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT CRASHED DURING THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED TO MAKE A STEEP APPROACH. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO OBSERVED TO BALLOON UPWARD AND YAW TO THE LEFT (SOUTH) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED, COMING TO REST INVERTED, APPROXIMATELY 1,170 FT FROM THE APPROACH END AND APPROXIMATELY 200 FT SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAVING TOUCHED THE PREPARED SURFACE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT, TOLEDO, OHIO AT APPROXIMATELY 1722 EST AND WAS OPERATING ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## 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 CHI07LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA059), Jan 12, 2007: Cessna 425 (N425TN), Harbor Springs, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and adequate airspeed during landing flare. Contributing to the accident was the aerodynamic stall/mush encountered at a low altitude.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.