# NTSB CHI92LA090: Cessna 414, N4644G, Logansport, IN, February 13, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1992, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Logansport, IN
- Coordinates: 40.749244, -86.349014 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7492&lon=-86.3490&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15395/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA090

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - not attained, pilot in command
  - landing gear,main gear - collapsed
  - ice/frost removal from aircraft - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4644G-1994-07-05), registration cancelled 1994-07-05, S/N 4140912 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (registry code 2075908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 414-0912
- Airframe hours: 3967
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920213002919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920213002919A), Feb 13, 1992: Cessna 414, Logansport, IN, Substantial damage. Stalled and impacted runway during landing flare. Had ice build up on airframe accumulated on approach.

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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