- Date
- December 19, 1988, 20:10 local (Dec 20, 1988, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N414CMCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881219055169A
- Case key
- 14317
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
1 engine
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel tank selector position - improperCause
Gear not extended
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Precautionary landing - initiated
Gear down and locked - delayedCause
Main gear collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414CM
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414-0035
- Airframe hours
- 5,916
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-ECJ, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elite Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 17, 1988 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- PTK
- Airport
- PTK · Oakland Pontiac, runway 27L, 6,200 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,023 total · 98 in this make and model · 880 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.