ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90480
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 February 2011 |
| Time: | 20:02 |
| Type: |  Cessna 421C |
| Owner/operator: | Starr Services Llc |
| Registration: | N3875C |
| MSN: | 421C0127 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4158 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental GTSI0-520-L3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Connersville, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport, IN (UMP) |
| Mettel Field Airport, IN (CEV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness reported that, despite the darkness, he was able to see the navigation lights on the airplane as it flew over the south end of the airport at an altitude of 150 to 200 feet above the ground. The airplane made a left turn to the downwind leg of the traffic pattern and continued a descending turn until the airplane impacted the ground in a near-vertical attitude. Due to the airplane’s turn, the 10- to 20-knot quartering headwind became a quartering tailwind. The airplane was also turned toward a rural area with very little ground lighting. A postaccident examination of the airplane and engines did not reveal any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane while making a low-altitude turn during dark night conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2011 07:30 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Feb-2011 11:06 | bizjets101 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2011 02:41 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2022 12:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, Photo] |
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