# Accident 20080926848039A: Cessna 402C, Vineyard Haven, MA, September 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2008, 20:05 local time
- Place: Vineyard Haven, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.4228° N, 70.6594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4228&lon=-70.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N770CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N770CA-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 2,330 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080926848039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 33, RADAR RETURNS SHOW A NORMAL CLIMB.  ATC ASSIGNED A RIGHT TURN TO 360 BUT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SLIGHT LEFT TURN BEFORE TURNING RIGHT.  THE TURN CONTINUED BEYOND THE ASSIGNED HEADING AND CONTINUED RIGHT WITH AN APPARENT STEEPENING ANGLE OF BANK.  RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AT ABOUT 700 FEET AND 160 KNOTS.  THE GROUND SCARS INDICATE A RIGHT WING LOW IMPACT (ALMOST 90 DEGREES OF BANK).  THE IMPACT WAS NOT SURVIVABLE.

## 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 NYC08FA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA324), Sep 27, 2008: Cessna 402 (N770CA), Vineyard Haven, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation.

## Other reports on N770CA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060928019859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060928019859I), Sep 28, 2006: Cessna 402C (N770CA), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. (-23) During parking, with passengers on board, aircraft's wing tip struck the rudder trim tab of a parked hyannis air service aircraft, N2651S. Aircraft…

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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