# Accident 20140815017869A: Cessna 414, Bowie, TX, August 15, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2014, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bowie, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6206° N, 97.7742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6206&lon=-97.7742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127BC-2018-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA438](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA438) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140815017869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD PURCHASED AIRCRAFT TWO WEEKS PROIR TO ACCIDENT FLIGHT. PILOT HAD OBTAINED GROUND AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO TRANSITION FROM HIS CE-310 TO ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT (CE-414). WITNESS STATES AIRCRAFT ENTERED PATTERN ON A L/H BASE LEG DIRECTION AND DOVE SLIGHTLY TO LOSE ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT PULLED UP BUT POWER WAS NOT APPLIED. AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STALL/SPIN, DOING 3 L/H ROTATIONS PRIOR TO IMPACT IN A SLIGHT NOSE DOWN FLAT ATTITUDE. POST ACCIDENT FIRE CONSUMED ENTIRE FUSELAGE.

INVESTIGATION FOUND ENGINE THROTTLES AT IDLE, EVIDENCE OF ROTATION FOUND ON THE PROPELLERS AND TURBO-CHARGER IMPELLERS. FUEL SELECTOR VALVES SET TO MAIN. FIELD TEARDOWN OF ENGINES FOUND NO OBVIOUS SIGN OF INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OR ENGINE PROBLEMS. AT THIS TIME NO MECHANICAL EXPLANATION CAN BE FOUND FOR THE ACCIDENT

## 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 CEN14FA438](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA438), Aug 15, 2014: Cessna 414 (N127BC), Bowie, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s incapacitation in flight as the result of a an acute cardiac event, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain.

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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