# Accident 20080820849389A: Cessna 441, Baltimore, MD, August 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2008, 12:30 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore/Washington International Thur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1833° N, 76.6600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1833&lon=-76.6600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441VB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080820849389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC RESPONDING IMPROPERLY TO AN APPARENT LOSS OF POWER ON NR 1 ENGINE, N441VB EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 33R AND IMPACTED A GRASS EMBANKMENT, WHICH TORE OFF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, DAMAGED PROPELLERS AND ENGINE NACELLES OF THE GARRETT-10 TURBINE ENGINES.

## 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 NYC08LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA291), Aug 20, 2008: Cessna 441 (N441VB), Baltimore, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's attempted takeoff with a propeller start lock inadvertently engaged.

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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