- Date
- October 20, 1983, 10:13 local (17:13 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N414JCCessna 414
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831020074429I
- Case key
- 24032
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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 climb to cruise the pilot stated the nose of the abruptly pitched up. He physically overpowered the forces and landed the acft. Examination of the acft & systems revealed no failures that would account for the pitch up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414JC
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0099
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 620 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kacl Cjrus;Er
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 17, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- VNY
- Destination
- SMO · Santa Monica
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,305 total · 200 in this make and model · 4,270 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 8 ft unknown
- Observed at
- VNY, 1 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.