# Accident 20180905016179A: Cessna C340A, Port Huron, MI, September 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2018, 11:52 local time
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9938° N, 82.4337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Huron, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9938&lon=-82.4337&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GLKX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C340A
- Reported engine: TCM TSIO-520NB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 695 total, 44 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180905016179A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:52PM EASTERN TIME A CANADIAN REGISTERED CESSNA 340A CRASHED INTO THE OUTFIELD OF A BASEBALL PARK JUST UNDER 7/8 OF A MILE WEST FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 22 AT THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPHN).  THE SOLE OCCUPANT PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

KPHN WAS THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF THE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 WHEN HE RADIOED THAT HE LOST AN ENGINE ON APPROACH.  SHORTLY AFTER THE PILOT RADIOED THAT HE COULDN?T SEE THE AIRPORT OR GET THE AIRPORT LIGHTS ON.  IN THE FINAL RADIO CALL THE PILOT STATED HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO TURN TO THE RIGHT AND FLY BACK TO FIND THE AIRPORT.  NO FURTHER RADIO CONTACT WAS MADE.  NO ELT SIGNAL WAS HEARD.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION.  PROPELLER CONDITION INDICATED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT IMPACT AND THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS NOT.  THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS NOT FEATHERED.  THERE WAS A POST-CRASH FIRE THE LEFT SIDE LIMITED TO THE ENGINE AND OUTER PORTION OF THE WING OUT TO THE WING TIP.  EXAMINATION OF WRECKAGE AND BOTH ENGINES ONSITE DID NOT IDENTIFY A REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT OR FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE TO QUIT RUNNING A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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