Cessna 414A accident near Laupahoehoe, HI
On January 31, 2004, a Cessna 414A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Laupahoehoe, HI. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 31, 2004
- Place
- Laupahoehoe, HI
- Aircraft
- Cessna 414A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 19.957°N, 155.331°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040213X00192
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 31, 2004, about 0140 Hawaiian standard time, a Cessna 414A, N5637C, collided with trees and mountainous terrain during an en route cruise descent near Laupahoehoe, Hawaii. Hawaii Air Ambulance was operating the airplane as a cross-country positioning flight under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airline transport pilot and two passengers sustained fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed. The flight departed Honolulu, Hawaii, at 0032, en route to Hilo, Hawaii, to pickup a patient. A combination of visual and instrument meteorological conditions prevailed along the route of flight, and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan had been filed. The primary wreckage was at 19 degrees 57.366 minutes north latitude and 155 degrees 19.841 minutes west longitude at an estimated elevation of 3,600 feet. The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC) reviewed a transcript of radio communications between the pilot and air traffic control (ATC). At 0019, the pilot filed a canned flight plan (number forty-eight tango) indicating a proposed departure time of 0030, with three people on board for the outbound leg, and five on board for the return. ATC provided a clearance during taxi of the shoreline departure to 15,500 feet. ATC cleared him for takeoff at 0031:55. At 0040:47, the pilot checked in with Honolulu Center passing 6,400 feet and stated an intended altitude of 9,500 feet en route to Hilo. At 0113, the controller provided the pilot with the current Hilo weather. The controller asked him if he was going to Kamuela or Hilo. T
Probable cause
the pilot's disregard for an in-flight weather advisory, his likely encounter with marginal VFR or IMC weather conditions, his decision to continue flight into those conditions, and failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude resulting in an in-flight collision with trees and mountainous terrain. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to adhere to the VFR weather minimum proc
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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.
