# NTSB CHI82FA096: Cessna 414, N37174, Jackson, MI, March 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Jackson, MI
- Coordinates: 42.270912, -84.410514 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2709&lon=-84.4105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71163
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71163/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - flight/navigation instrument(s) - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AT APPROXIMATELY 90K AFTER LIFTOFF FROM A TOUCH & GO THE COPILOT, WHO WAS FLYING FROM THE LEFT SEAT, INDICATED PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT ENG. THE PLT HAD BEEN OBSERVING TRUCKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. HE STATED THEY COULD HAVE SET IT BACK DOWN EXCEPT HE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT SWERVE INTO THE TRUCKS. HE WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE INSTRUMENTS BECAUSE OF THE TRUCKS. HE TOOK CONTROL & THE ACFT SETTLED ADJACENT TO THE RWY & BURST INTO FLAMES. INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT ENG REVEALED ALL BUT ONE OF THE 12 SPARK PLUGS WERE SOOTY. THE PLUGS WERE INSTALLED IN A NEW ENGINE & THE ENG OBTAINED TAKEOFF RPM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N37174](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37174-1985-02-14), registration cancelled 1985-02-14, S/N 414A0252 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (registry code 2075907) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 414A0252
- Airframe hours: 680
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-NB 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Gimbel Aviation, Inc.
- Departed: JXN, JACKSON, MI
- Destination: JXN, JACKSON, MI
- Airport: JXN, Reynolds Muni, runway 23, 5,275 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 4,500 total, 57 in this make and model, 4,500 as pilot in command, 310 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 122 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Accident 19820323005269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820323005269A), Mar 23, 1982: Cessna 414A, Jackson, MI, Destroyed. Boost pump may have activated on touch and go losing right engine power. PIC took over allowed a nose high stall.

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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