# Accident 20180805007549A: Cessna 414, Costa Mesa, CA, August 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2018, 12:29 local time
- Place: Costa Mesa, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6961° N, 117.8844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6961&lon=-117.8844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N727RP-2019-10-23) (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 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 957 total, 126 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180805007549A

## Narrative

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

FIXED WING ACCIDENT

REGISTRATION:N727RP

MAKE:1973 CESSNA

MODEL:414 CHANCELLOR

SERIAL NUMBER: 0385

ON AUGUST 5, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1929 UTC (COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME), A CESSNA MODEL 414, U.S. REGISTERED AIRCRAFT; N727RP WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A PARKING LOT LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRISTOL AND SUNFLOWER STREETS IN COSTA MESA CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A DOWNWIND APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20R, AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT (SNA) SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.  THE INSTRUMENT, AND MULTI-ENGINE RATED PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT ALONG WITH FOUR PASSENGERS WHO WERE ON BOARD SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES AND WERE PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE BY THE SANTA ANA CORONER?S OFFICE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES ON THE GROUND. SEVERAL PARKED VEHICLES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE ONE PARKED VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 WPR18FA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA211), Aug 5, 2018: Cessna 414 (N727RP), Santa Ana, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the traffic pattern which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent spin at a low altitude, which the pilot was unable to…

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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