Cessna 425 accident near Lone Tree, CO
On August 14, 2005, a Cessna 425 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lone Tree, CO. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 14, 2005
- Place
- Lone Tree, CO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 425 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.502°N, 104.836°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050818X01274
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 13, 2005, approximately 2020 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 425 twin-engine turboprop airplane, N425SG, was destroyed when it impacted the terrain near Lone Tree, Colorado, during an instrument approach to the Centennial Airport (APA), near Englewood, Colorado. The private pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to SGavit Aviation LLC, Littleton, Colorado, and operated by the pilot. Night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The cross-country flight departed Sandpoint (SZT), Idaho, at 1627 pacific daylight time. A review of the air traffic control communications and radar data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that during the en route portion of the flight, a radar target identified as the accident airplane maintained all assigned altitudes and headings. The accident airplane approached APA from the north and west, and the pilot received radar vectors to intercept the localizer course for the Instrument Landing System (ILS) runway 35R approach. At 2016, the controller instructed the pilot to turn left to a heading of 010 degrees to join the localizer for runway 35R, and descend to and maintain 8,500 feet. The pilot asked the controller to repeat the instruction. The controller then instructed the pilot to turn to a heading of 360 degrees, descend and maintain 8,500 feet. The pilot did not respond, and the controller asked if the pilot received
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly execute the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
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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.
