# Accident 20141230023429A: Cessna 404, Centennial, CO, December 30, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2014, 04:29 local time
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KYZA
- Location: 39.5953° N, 104.8261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5953&lon=-104.8261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404MG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404MG-2016-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL MOTORS, INC GTSIO-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,041 total, 692 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141230023429A

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 0429 MST, A CESSNA MODEL 404, WITH REGISTRATION N404MG, CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA), NEAR CENTENNIAL, CO.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PIC (THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD) WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED GROUND INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED BY EDB AIR AND OPERATED BY KEY LIME AIR CORPORATION (KY7A), A COLORADO BASED AIR CARRIER OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PARTS 135 AND 121 WITH AIR CARRIER CERTIFICATE KY7A882H.  THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DEN) UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

## 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 CEN15FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA090), Dec 30, 2014: Cessna 404 (N404MG), Englewood, CO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of power to the right engine for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination and teardown and the pilot’s failure to properly configure the airplane for…

## Other reports on N404MG (1)

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

- [Incident 20070510013479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070510013479I), May 10, 2007: Cessna 404 (N404MG), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor pilot [privacy data omitted] was PIC during training/checking flight, when either the instructor pilot or the trainee/checkee used excessive…

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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