# Accident 20140203001529A: Cessna 525, Elk City, OK, February 3, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2014, 23:00 local time
- Place: Elk City, OK
- Airport: Elk City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4653° N, 99.3947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4653&lon=-99.3947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61YP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61YP-2024-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525 (registry code 2076601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ-44 series (registry code 66000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ 44 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 20,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140203001529A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 3, 2014, ABOUT 2300 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, N61YP, A CESSNA 525, MULTI-ENGINE TURBOFAN AIRPLANE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER STRIKING AN OBSTRUCTION DURING APPROACH AT ELK CITY REGIONAL BUSINESS AIRPORT (ELK), ELK CITY, OKLAHOMA. THE PILOT AND 5 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY YANKEE PAPA, LLC; RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (RAP), RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, ABOUT 2000 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME AND WAS DESTINED FOR ELK.

THE PILOT REPORTED TO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 WHEN HE HIT AN OBSTRUCTION ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF ELK. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND DIVERTED TO LAND AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT (OKC), OKLAHOMA, CITY, OKLAHOMA. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE SHOWED IMPACT DAMAGE ON THE RADOME AND LOWER BELLY THAT PENETRATED THE FUSELAGE PRESSURE VESSEL.

AT 2253, THE CLOSEST OFFICIAL SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATION SITE AT CLINTON-SHERMAN AIRPORT (CSM), CLINTON, OKLAHOMA, REPORTED AN EAST WIND AT 5 KNOTS, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, A BROKEN CEILING AT 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), AND OVERCAST CLOUDS AT 800 FEET AGL.

## 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 CEN14LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA129), Feb 4, 2014: Cessna 525 (N61YP), Elk City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s descent below the published minimum descent altitude for the instrument approach procedure, which resulted in impact with a utility pole.

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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