- Date
- April 18, 1982, 17:59 local (22:59 UTC)
- Place
- Middlefield, OH
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3228RCessna 411
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71686
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
In-flight planning/decision - improperFactor
Emergency procedure - simulatedFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Planned approach - poorCause
Airspeed(vmc) - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The purpose of the flt was to prepare for a FAA part 135 air taxi check ride which was scheduled later that week. The acft was observed during the approach with one eng shut down. During the turn to final the acft crashed 1/2 mi from rwy 28.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3228R
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 411-0228
- Airframe hours
- 2,126
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-L, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chester Air Corp
- Registered owner
- Midford Aviation
- Departed
- 7G8 · Middlefield, OH
- Destination
- 7G8 · Middlefield, OH
- Airport
- 7G8 · Geauga Country
N3228RRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2013 · Cessna 411Airframe modelCessna 411Engine modelContinental IO-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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 5,800 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg