- Date
- July 5, 1984, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Winchester, IN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59DBCessna 414A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840705029909A
- Case key
- 12407
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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.
Analysis
The acft entered an embedded thunderstorm after being advised by artc of several large areas of heavy precip in his area& along the vicinity of his flt path. The plts response was that his acft radar showed no build-ups or returns. ATC allowed deviations at plts discretion according to the recorded taped conversation. The plt continued his flt path & waslost on radar shortly thereafter in a descending rt turn at 16800 ft MSL. Witnesses saw him exit the bottom of the cloudat about 1000 ft AGL. The wings were seen to separate from the fuselage. Other witnesses saw the fuselage descend inverted, minus the wings, empannage & engines, to impact in a corn fld. The wreckage was scattered over an area 1 & 1/2MILES long & 1/2 mile wide. Witnesses who had observed the acfts preparations for departure described it as 'mass confusion' in the cockpit. The acft reportedly crept foward six times during an extended 10-15 minute checklist while the engines were running at a high RPM setting on a ramp with other acft & people around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59DB
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4140260
- Airframe hours
- 1,164
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Captivator Ventures Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 23, 1983 · 952 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Ft. Wayne, IN
- Destination
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 50 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.