- Date
- April 1, 1984, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, WY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N414EMCessna 414A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840401007829A
- Case key
- 16208
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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
During an approach for a downwind landing, the acft stalled & impacted the ground 192 ft short of rwy 28. The plane had encountered icing conditions during flt & ice was still adhering to the acft as the plt made an approach for landing. Instrument conditions existed & the rwy was covered with snow. The plt stated that he did not allow for the ice & was trying to touch down on the approach end of the rwy so that the acft would not continue of the departure end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414EM
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0654
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Moore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- L08 · Borrego Springs, CA
- Destination
- DGW
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DGW · Converse County, runway 28, 5,066 × 75 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,835 total · 566 in this make and model · 6,651 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DGW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.