# NTSB NYC84FA294: Cessna 414, N18SM, Wallingford, VT, August 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1984, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Wallingford, VT
- Location: 43.4576° N, 72.9409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from RUTLAND/SOUTHERN VERMONT RGNL (RUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4576&lon=-72.9409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35363
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA294
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35363/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA294

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - missed approach - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS EXECUTING SECOND ATTEMPT FOR A INSTRUMENT APCH, LDA RWY 19, FOLLOWING A MISSED APCH ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. THE PLT LAST REPORTED OVER THE IAF, 9 MIS NORTH OF THE ARPT. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A MOUNTAIN AT A ELEVATION OF 1700 FTAND 5 MIS SOUTH OF THE ARPT. THE WRECKAGE WAS ORIENTED ON A 190 DEG MAG HEADING AND NEAR THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RWY 19. THE MDA FOR THE APCH IS 1680 FT MSL. THE MAP IS A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN TO 5000 FT DIRECT TO THE IAF. THE ARPT IS SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS. THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE FOUND EXTENDED. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED ON EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18SM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18SM-2013-01-31), registration cancelled 2013-01-31, S/N 414-0548, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (registry code 2075908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 414-0548
- Airframe hours: 1852
- Engines: TELEDYNE CONT TSI10-520 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Seren, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 11, 1984, 17 hours before
- Departed: ORH, WORCESTER, MA
- Destination: RUT, RUTLAND, VT
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: RUT, Rutland, runway 19, 5,000 × 150 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,010 total, 1,800 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 900 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RUT, 4 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 19840824043639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840824043639A), Aug 24, 1984: Cessna 414, Wallingford, VT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On second landing approach flew past, missed approach point into trees on rising terrain.

## Other investigations on N18SM (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI81DEE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEE11), Dec 8, 1980: Cessna 414 (N18SM), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage

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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