# Accident 20181118024819A: Cessna 441, Mandan, ND, November 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2018, 22:40 local time
- Place: Mandan, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: R6DA
- Location: 46.7839° N, 100.7639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7839&lon=-100.7639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441CX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441CX-2021-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,651 total, 57 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181118024819A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2018, AT 2240 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 441, N441CX, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT BROKE UP IN-FLIGHT AND IMPACTED AN OPEN FIELD NEAR MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, INTENSIVE CARE FLIGHT NURSE, AND FLIGHT PARAMEDIC WERE ALL FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY BISMARCK AIR MEDICAL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. VISUAL METOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BISMARCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BIS), BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, AT 2230, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO SLOULIN FIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ISN),

WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA.

## 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 CEN19FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA030), Nov 18, 2018: Cessna 441 (N441CX), Harmon, ND, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane in dark night conditions that resulted in an in-flight positive overload failure of the wings and the subsequent in-flight breakup of the…

## Other reports on N441CX (1)

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

- [Accident 20050103002239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050103002239A), Jan 3, 2005: Cessna 441 (N441CX), Thermal, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon completion of the VOR DME rwy 30 approach in IMC conditions at Thermal Airport, the pilot reduced power on the aircraft to land. The aircraft…

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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