- Date
- February 13, 1992, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Logansport, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4644GCessna 414
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920213002919A
- Case key
- 15395
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate approach speed which resulted in an improper flare. Factors contributing to the accident were the inadequate inflight deicing of the airframe surfaces and in icing conditions encountered.
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
A hard landing was made which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. Post accident inspection revealed the airframe had accumulated ice on most of the leading edge surfaces. The second pilot stated the PIC allowed the airspeed to decay during the final approach segment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4644G
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414-0912
- Airframe hours
- 3,967
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Beechwoods Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Motion Control Industries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1991 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- BMG · Bloomington, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GGP · Logans Port, runway 27, 4,256 × 60 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,082 total · 135 in this make and model · 1,465 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUS, 12 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.