Cessna 441 accident near Winfield, KS
On January 30, 2002, a Cessna 441 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Winfield, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 30, 2002
- Place
- Winfield, KS
- Aircraft
- Cessna 441 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.136°N, 96.902°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020207X00196
Official records · CHI02FA074
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 30, 2002, at 1359 central standard time, a Cessna 441, N441AR, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in a pasture near Winfield, Kansas. The private pilot and passenger received fatal injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight departed the Springdale Municipal Airport (ASG), Arkansas, at 1314 en route to the Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), Rifle, Colorado, on an instrument flight plan. The pilot received two weather briefings from the Jonesboro Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) on the day of the accident. The first weather briefing occurred between 0622 and 0632 and the second between 1130 and 1140. During the first weather briefing, the AFSS briefer provided the pilot with the current in-flight weather advisories concerning instrument flight (IFR) conditions, mountain obscuration, icing, and turbulence. The pilot was advised of the rain, freezing rain, and snow along the proposed route of flight. The pilot inquired about the cloud tops and was briefed that the forecast cloud tops were 25,000 feet. The pilot filed an IFR flight plan with a cruise flight level of 28,000 feet (FL 280). At 1133, the pilot called AFSS for a weather update. The AFSS briefer reported the current weather included a mixture of precipitation that ranged from moderate rain to freezing rain, snow, and an area of freezing rain that extended about 70 miles along the route, and then changed over to snow. The pilot asked about the location of the freezing level and cloud tops. The briefer reported that the freezing level was at 12,000 feet across Oklahoma, but
Probable cause
The pilot's spatial disorientation resulting in a loss of control and collision with the ground. Additional factors included the pilot operating the airplane with known deficiencies and the instrument flight conditions.
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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.
