- Date
- December 22, 1988, 20:30 local (Dec 23, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84UMCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881222056989A
- Case key
- 7868
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Light condition - dark night
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft control - not maintainedCause
Impairment(drugs)Factor
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
Horizontal stabilizer surface - overload
Horizontal stabilizer surface - separation
Wing - overload
Wing - separation
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84UM
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0825
- Airframe hours
- 1,987
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 320 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald I. Kapetansky
- Registered owner
- Donald I Kapetansky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Pontiac, MI
- Destination
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
N84UMRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · Cessna 414AAirframe modelCessna 414AEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,336 total · 49 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDY, 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.