Cessna 414 accident near Monarch, MT

On May 31, 2000, a Cessna 414 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Monarch, MT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

May 31, 2000

Place

Monarch, MT

Aircraft

Cessna 414 · Airplane

Injuries

3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

46.981°N, 110.851°W

NTSB ID

20001212X21115

Official records · SEA00FA095

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• ATC Controller Statements: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 31, 2000, approximately 1728 mountain daylight time, radio and radar contact was lost with a Cessna 414, N5113G, being operated by Lynch Flying Service of Billings, Montana, on a 14 CFR 91 company business flight from Great Falls, Montana, to Billings. The wreckage of N5113G was located the following day, June 1, 2000, at approximately the 7,500-foot level on the southwest flank of 8,309-foot Barker Mountain, approximately 37 nautical miles southeast of Great Falls and 6 nautical miles east of Monarch, Montana. The airplane was destroyed, and all three of the aircraft's occupants (the airline transport pilot-in-command, a prospective-hire commercial pilot undergoing a pre-employment screening flight with Lynch Flying Service, and a Lynch Flying Service pilot being repositioned from Great Falls to Billings and riding aboard the aircraft as a passenger) were found dead at the accident scene. Instrument meteorological conditions were reported at Great Falls at 1656 and 1756, and the flight (which departed Great Falls at 1711) was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. The accident flight was the return flight of a planned round trip from Billings to Great Falls and back. The purpose of the flight was to deliver another Lynch pilot to Great Falls to pick up another Lynch aircraft (a Cessna 402) and fly it back to Billings, and to pick up the pilot who had flown the Cessna 402 into Great Falls and return him to Billings. Additionally, the prospective-hire pilot was brought along on the trip to undergo a pre-employment screening evaluation. The

Probable cause

The failure of the pilot-in-command to ensure adequate airspeed for flight during a forced descent due to airframe icing, resulting in a stall. Factors included: freezing rain conditions, airframe icing, an improper decision by the pilot-in-command to turn toward mountainous terrain (where a turn toward lower and level terrain was a viable option), mountainous terrain, and insufficient altitude av

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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.