# Accident 20080716840459A: Cessna 441, Sunriver, OR, July 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2008, 10:15 local time
- Place: Sunriver, OR
- Airport: Sunriver
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8725° N, 121.4519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8725&lon=-121.4519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441HK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441HK-2009-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 964 total, 277 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080716840459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR JUST PAST THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD BUT SOON THEREAFTER THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RUNWAY WITH ENOUGH FORCE THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR.  THE AIRPLANE THEN TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME, BUT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR ONCE AGAIN.  WHEN THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY A THIRD TIME, IT DID SO WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO FRACTURE THE NOSE WHEEL HUB AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHEEL HUB.  THE RIGHT PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK THE RUNWAY MORE THAN DOZEN TIMES AND WENT INTO FEATHER DURING THIS TOUCH DOWN SEQUENCE.  THE AIRPLANE THEN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AGAIN AND TOUHED DOWN AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME, FOLLOWED BY THE AIRPLANE BANKING RIGHT AND COLLIDING WITH SOME TREES OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 36, AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A FLAT OPEN FIELD.  SOON AFTER THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

## 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 SEA08FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA161), Jul 16, 2008: Cessna 441 (N441HK), Sunriver, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, and the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the go-around after one of the airplane's propellers…

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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