- Date
- August 24, 1997, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anderson, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4668NCessna 414A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970824023449A
- Case key
- 3892
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Probable cause
the pilot misjudged distance and speed on final approach to land and failed to attain a proper touchdown point during the landing, which resulted in an overrun of the runway and collision with a fence. A related factor was the loss of engine power during flight.
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.
Analysis
The flight was en route from Charlotte, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia, when the left engine lost power. The pilot declared an emergency and initiated an emergency landing at the Anderson County Airport. He and witnesses stated that the airplane touched down about halfway down the runway and departed the end of the runway. The airplane then struck a fence and crossed a road before it came to a stop. An FAA inspector found the left engine to have seized, and it contained a large hole in the top of the engine case.
Factual narrative
On August 24, 1997, about 1230 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 414A, N4668N, owned and operated by the private pilot, collided with a fence during an emergency landing at the Anderson County Airport, Anderson, South Carolina. The airplane was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The pilot, and one passenger were not injured while one passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged.
The pilot stated that while en route from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Atlanta, Georgia, the left engine quit. The pilot declared an emergency and landed at Anderson County Airport. Witnesses stated that the aircraft touched down about halfway down runway 5, and departed the end of the runway, striking a fence and crossing a nearby road before it came to a stop.
The FAA found the left engine to have seized and containing a large hole in top of the case. The right engine was rotating freely. The FAA found substantial damage to the bottom of the airplane and to the flight controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4668N
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0061
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul B. Dubinsky
- Registered owner
- David Masters & Paul Dubinsky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CLT · Charlotte, NC
- Destination
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AND · Anderson County, runway 5, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,168 total · 791 in this make and model · 1,019 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AND, 1 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.