# Accident 20260130003509A: Cessna 441, Pflugerville, TX, January 30, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2026, 19:51 local time
- Place: Pflugerville, TX
- Airport: Austin Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3986° N, 97.5669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3986&lon=-97.5669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N441EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,110 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260130003509A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 31, AIRCRAFT WHEN APPROCHING V1 SPEED, NOSE WHEEL TIRE FAILED/BLEW OUT AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN AN ENBANKMENT.

## 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 CEN26LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA105), Jan 31, 2026: Cessna 441 (N441EC), Pflugerville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a rejected takeoff due to a flat nose wheel tire which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N441EC (1)

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

- [Incident 20130423006859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130423006859I), Apr 23, 2013: Cessna 441 (N441EC), Mt Vernon, IL, Minor damage. The airman departed mount Vernon, IL airport in Cessna conquest N441EC on a 14 CFR part 91 repositioning flight to sturgis KY. While at mount Vernon, 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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