# Accident 20200127000269A: Aeropro Cz A220, Grafton, WV, January 27, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2020, 12:55 local time
- Place: Grafton, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3931° N, 80.0489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3931&lon=-80.0489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N214K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N214K-2020-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeropro CZ A220 (registry code 060006W, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeropro-cz-a220) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROPRO CZ A220
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 967 total, 5 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200127000269A

## Narrative

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

PRELIMINARY FAA RADAR TRACK DATA REVEALED THAT THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE DEPARTED NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AIRPORT (KCKB) RUNWAY 21 AT 1246 AND PROCEEDED TO CLIMB AT A STEADY RATE OF CLIMB TO ABOUT 3,000 FT MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) ON A NORTHEAST HEADING OF ABOUT 050° FOR ABOUT 4 MINUTES.  THE AIRPLANE THEN LEVELED OFF FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE, AND THEN RE-ENTERED A CLIMB AT AN INCREASED RATE, WHERE AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES, THE AIRPLANE REACHED 5,500 FT MSL, AND A GROUND SPEED OF 46 KNOTS WAS RECORDED.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FLIGHT TRACK SHOWED THE AIRPLANE COMPLETE A TIGHT 180° LEFT TURN, WHERE THE FINAL RADAR POINT IS RECORDED, SHOWING THE AIRPLANE AT 105 KNOTS GROUND SPEED, HEADED 212° SOUTHWEST, AT 5,100 FT MSL.  THE FINAL RADAR POINT WAS ABOUT .25 NAUTICAL MILE FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN WHILE ENROUTE NEAR GRAFTON, WEST VIRGINIA.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.   ACCORDING TO LEIDOS FLIGHT SERVICE, THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM KCKB.  THE 1253 RECORDED WEATHER OBSERVATION AT KCKB, WHICH WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, INCLUDED A BROKEN CEILING AT 1,800 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), AN OVERCAST CEILING AT 2,300 FT AGL, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, WIND 260° AT 6 KNOTS, TEMPERATURE WAS 4° C, DEW POINT -2° C; AND THE ALTIMETER SETTING WAS 29.83 INCHES OF MERCURY.

## 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 ERA20FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA088), Jan 27, 2020: Aeropro CZ A220 (N214K), Grafton, WV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions and conditions favorable for airframe icing, which resulted in a loss of control of 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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