# Accident 20090522013509A: Cessna 320D, Fallon, NV, May 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2009, 19:35 local time
- Place: Fallon, NV
- Airport: Fallon Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5039° N, 118.7381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5039&lon=-118.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320KP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320KP-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,235 total, 204 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090522013509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA 320D, N320KP, IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING LANDING.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND POST CRASH FIRE.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 1830, WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF FALLON, NEVADA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTED SEEING THE AIRPLANE APPROACH THE AIRPORT FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND CROSS MIDFILED TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 21.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED MAKING A RIGHT 270-DEGREE TURN, FOLLOWED BY A SHARP LEFT TURN WHERE THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED OUT OF SIGHT.  WITNESSES THEN REPORTED SEEING A FIREBALL ERUPT IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT.  WEATHER IN THE AREA WAS REPORTED TO BE HIGH WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 38 MILES PER HOUR.

## 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 WPR09FA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA258), May 23, 2009: Cessna 320D (N320KP), Fallon, NV, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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