# NTSB ATL83LA190: Cessna 414, N666JD, Irvine, KY, April 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1983, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Irvine, KY
- Coordinates: 37.689861, -83.959594 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6899&lon=-83.9596&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6065
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6065/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA190

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT MADE HIS LANDING APPROACH TO RWY 14 WITH A X-WIND FROM 230 DEG, GUSTING FROM 6 TO 22 KTS. THE AIRPORT WAS ON A KNOLL & THE TERRAIN SLOPED DOWNWARD FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PLT STATED THAT AS THE ACFT WAS FLYING OVER THE LOW TERRAIN ON FINAL APPROACH, IT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT. HE CORRECTED WITH POWER, BUT THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE END OF THE RWY, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING, THEN THE LEFT GEAR SLAMMED DOWN & COLLAPSED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE OTHER 2 GEAR COLLAPSED IN MUDDY TERRAIN BEFORE THE ACFT CAME TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N666JD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0477
- Airframe hours: 3005
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-J 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: Organic Bio Conversions
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 5, 1983, 63 hours before
- Departed: FFT, FRANKFORT, KY
- Airport: KY05, Calla, runway 14, 3,000 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 3,600 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 14 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LEX, 30 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830427020939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830427020939I), Apr 27, 1983: Cessna 414, Irvine, KY, Minor damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft on landing roll out. Swerved off runway and gear collapsed rolling through mud.

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.

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