# Accident 20200830019299A: Cessna 414, Ray, MI, August 30, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2020, 12:00 local time
- Place: Ray, MI
- Airport: Ray Community Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7368° N, 82.8888° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7368&lon=-82.8888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N698D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N698D-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 527 total, 36 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200830019299A

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A REPOSITION FLIGHT.

THE PILOT ENTERED RUNAWAY 28 FOR DEPARTURE, ADVANCED THE THROTTLES AND APPROXIMATELY 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT LEAVING THE PAVEMENT ONTO THE GRASS.

AS THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE PAVEMENT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK PART OF THE VASI SYSTEM, THE NOSE GEAR SNAPPED OFF AND BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ON THE COLLAPSED MAIN GEAR APPROXIMATELY 1900 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 28.

## 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 CEN20LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA372), Aug 30, 2020: Cessna 414 (N698D), Ray, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control on takeoff.

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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