Cessna 400 accident near Huntington, WV
On July 5, 2009, a Cessna 400 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Huntington, WV. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 5, 2009
- Place
- Huntington, WV
- Aircraft
- Cessna 400 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.315°N, 82.528°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090706X00620
Official records · ERA09FA377
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Reports from Federal Agencies: Excerpts From Air Traffic Control Transcipts of Communications: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 5, 2009, about 1256 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 400 (Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing LC41-550FG), N207JB, registered to and operated by an individual, crashed in a wooded area, in Huntington, West Virginia, during an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight from the Tri-State Airport (HTS), Huntington, West Virginia, to Kalamazoo / Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), Kalamazoo, Michigan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an IFR flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot and passenger were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight departed HTS at 1254. Information obtained from family members and local authorities reveal that the pilot was on a return IFR flight to AZO, the pilot's home base. The pilot was in the HTS area visiting family members. The pilot filed an IFR flight plan the night before and obtained a weather briefing on the morning of the accident at about 1041. The flight plan was filed for one person onboard. The decision to add a passenger was made later that morning. An airport representative stated that the pilot called at 1100 to have the airplane pulled out of the hanger and fueled. The pilot requested to have a total of 10 gallons of Avgas added to the tanks; 5 gallons in each wing fuel tank. At 1210, the pilot arrived to the ramp, paid for the fuel, and started his preflight inspection. The representative noted that the pilot's preflight was about 25 minutes in duration. The airplane was started and taxied out of the area with
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation.
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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.
