Cessna 421C accident near Mccook, NE
On January 26, 1994, a Cessna 421C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mccook, NE. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 26, 1994
- Place
- Mccook, NE
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.200°N, 100.620°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00614
Official records · CHI94MA072
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 26, 1994, at 1515 central standard time (CST), a Cessna 421C, N5468G, operated by Sky Harbor Air Service, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, crashed while making a visual approach to the McCook Airport, McCook, Nebraska. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial pilot and one passenger sustained fatal injuries, three passengers received serious injuries, and two passengers received minor injuries. The On-Demand Charter flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 135, originated at the Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, with an intended destination of Columbus, Nebraska. An IFR flight plan was filed, and instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. This flight was the return leg of a corporate/executive charter flight which had originated on January 24, 1994. On that day the pilot had flown the six executives from Columbus, Nebraska, to Denver. The airplane was kept in a hangar while it was in Denver. The pilot and airplane remained in Denver to transport the executives to Denver when their business was completed. The departure from Denver was planned for 1400 CST. The pilot called the Denver Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) at 0918 CST and received a weather briefing. The briefing included IFR conditions along the entire route, moderate turbulence, moderate rime and mixed icing to 16,000 feet, with pilot reports (PIREPS)of severe rime and mixed icing in freezing precipitation. At 0954 and 1158 CST the pilot called Denver AFSS and received updates on the weather briefing he had received earlier. At 1258 CST he called Denver AFS
Probable cause
IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND THE ACCUMULATION OF AIRFRAME ICE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT WERE: PARTIAL FAILURE OF BOTH ALTERNATORS, WHICH RESULTED IN A SUBSEQUENT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AND AN INOPERATIVE ANTI-ICE/DE-ICE SYSTEM, ADVERSE WEATHER (ICING) CONDITIONS, AND AIRFRAME (WING) ICE.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
