- Date
- February 20, 1987, 18:45 local (Feb 21, 1987, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6858SCessna 441
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870220082019A
- Case key
- 25381
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Analysis
The acft was on an emerg med svc (ems/med-evac) flt with a plt & flt nurse aboard to transport a maternity patient fm Flagstaff to phoenix. Drg a ngt arrival, the plt bgn a vor-a apch in IMC, then he rprtd a problem with his avionics & elected to make a missed apch. Drg the missed apch, he said that he 'lost' an inverter, then rprtd the gyros were inop. Radar vectors were being provided when he stated 'we have big trouble here.' Soon thereafter, radar & radio ctc were lost & the acft crashed aprx 7 mi se of the arpt. Drg impact, the acft made a deep crater & was demolished. No preimpacteng or airframe failure was fnd. An inv revealed the #2 (coplt's) attitude indcr was inop on the prev flt. A discrepancyrprt was taken to the avionics dept, but the reqd entry was not made in the acft form-4. The plt tkof before corrective action was taken. The opns manual reqd 1000 hrs multi-eng time as PIC & trng by designated cfi's. the plt had aprx 837 hrs multi-eng time, recd 9 trng flts in N6858S with non-designated instructors, completed a part 135 flt chk on 2/17/88.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6858S
- Reported as
- Cessna 441
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0253
- Airframe hours
- 3,349
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 635 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Samaritan Health Services
- Registered owner
- Cessna Finance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 10, 1987 · 239 hours before
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,311 total · 24 in this make and model · 256 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.