- Date
- December 25, 1984, 20:20 local (Dec 26, 1984, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Marble Falls, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N441CMCessna 441
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841225076769A
- Case key
- 21519
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed aprx 1.5 miles south of the departure end of rwy 17 during an attempted rwy 17 NDB apch. The acft was cleared for the apch at 2012 CST and the plt canceled IFR reporting the arpt in sight at 2014. A witness located aprx 1 mile south of the aprt reported seeing the acft lights through the clouds, mist and fog as it was traveling south-southeast. The acft impacted the ground on a heading of 035 degs in a 10 to 15 deg left bank. Radar data indicates the acft was aprx 8 miles from the arpt when IFR was canceled. Witnesses stated visibility in the area was about 1/8 of a mile during the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N441CM
- Reported as
- Cessna 441
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 441-0169
- Airframe hours
- 2,799
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE3318401S, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Clinton Manges, doing business as Clinton Manges Oil & Ref. Co.
- Registered owner
- Clinton Manges Oil & Ref. Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 14, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- ASE · Aspen, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MFS · Marble Falls, runway 35, 6,000 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,165 total · 608 in this make and model · 6,502 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 31 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.