Cessna 414 accident near Marlinton, WV
On November 28, 1995, a Cessna 414 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Marlinton, WV. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 28, 1995
- Place
- Marlinton, WV
- Aircraft
- Cessna 414 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.335°N, 80.280°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011127X02295
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 28, 1995, about 0940 eastern standard time (EST), a Cessna 414, N28901, was destroyed when it impacted rising terrain in the Monongahela National Forest, near Marlinton, West Virginia. The certificated airline transport pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for a direct flight, between Braxton County Airport (48I), Sutton, West Virginia, and Lynchburg Regional Airport/Preston Glenn Field (LYH), Lynchburg, Virginia. The positioning flight was conducted under FAR Part 91. The airplane's wreckage was located on November 13, 2001. The accident flight was the third flight of the day. The first was a positioning flight from Lynchburg to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), Raleigh, North Carolina, the second was to transport a passenger from Raleigh to Sutton, and the third was a return flight to Lynchburg. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control accident transcripts and reports: At 0618, the day of the accident, the pilot contacted the Leesburg Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) by telephone, obtained a weather briefing, and filed three IFR flight plans. About 0930, the airplane departed Braxton County Airport. At 0932, the pilot contacted the air traffic control tower at Clarksburg, West Virginia, stated that he had taken off from Braxton County, was VFR and level at 3,500 feet, and requested an IFR clearance. The pilot was told that his clearance was on request, and was asked what his proposed off-time was
Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into obscured, rising mountainous terrain, and his failure to climb the airplane as conditions worsened. Factors included the rising terrain and the weather obscuration.
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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.
