# Accident 20190610006539A: Cessna 425, Butler, MO, June 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2019, 10:20 local time
- Place: Butler, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3503° N, 94.3403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3503&lon=-94.3403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N622MM-2019-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 425 (registry code 2076018, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,457 total, 1,891 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190610006539A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS IFR ENROUTE FROM VERO BEACH, FL (KVRB) TO NEW CENTURY, OLATHE, KS (KIXD). DURING DECENT FROM FL 240, PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE THROTTLE WOULD NOT RETARD. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE BUT DID NOT FEATHER THE PROPELLER. PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE NEW CENTURY (IXD) AND THE CONTROLLER BEGAN TO DIRECT HIM TO BUTLER, MO (KBUM). PILOT STATED HE HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A NEARBY HIGHWAY. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD ATTEMPT THE OFF AIRPORT LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND STRUCK A FARM GRAIN SILO NEAR THE HIGHWAY.

## 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 CEN19FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA161), Jun 10, 2019: Cessna 425 (N622MM), Butler, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during a descent to a diversion airport with only the left engine operating. Contributing to the accident was a malfunction of the right engine throttle, the…

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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