- Date
- December 2, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waterville, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N14DCCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40093
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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
Upon arrival at the dest arpt the plt elected to perform a touch & go landing in order to evaluate rwy braking action. During climb out after the touch & go at about 100 ft AGL and 100 to 105 KTS the acft yawed to the right as the nose picthed up. Despite full left aileron and rudder the acft rolled right into an aprx 120 deg bank angle and began to shake violently. Power was reduced on the left engine and the acft impacted at about a 45 degree angle of bank. Disassembly of the right engine revealed no mechancial malfunctions or interruptions of fuel flow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14DC
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4140483
- Airframe hours
- 3,050
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520J, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David E Harris
- Registered owner
- D & B Leasing Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1983
- Departed
- RNT · Renton, WA
- Destination
- 2S5 · Waterville, WA
- Airport
- 2S5 · Waterville, runway 7, 3,060 × 50 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,058 total · 130 in this make and model · 4,023 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 16 nm away