Cessna 421C accident near Connersville, IN
On February 24, 2011, a Cessna 421C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Connersville, IN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- February 24, 2011
- Place
- Connersville, IN
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.691°N, 85.691°W
- NTSB ID
- 20110224X95106
Official records · CEN11FA201
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 23, 2011, at 2002 eastern standard time, a Cessna 421C, N3875C, collided with the terrain following a loss of control approximately 1.5 miles east of the Mettel Airport (CEV), Connersville, Indiana. The private pilot, the sole occupant, received fatal injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged. The personal flight was being operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed from the Metropolitan Airport (UMP), Indianapolis, Indiana, about 1940. A witness, who had some flight training, reported hearing the airplane and seeing the airplane’s navigation lights prior to the accident. This witness was in a parked vehicle on the west side of the airport and toward the south end of the runway. The witness stated it was very dark outside and the weather was clear with a southeasterly wind at 15 to 20 knots. The witness added the airplane flew from west to east over his vehicle at an altitude of 150 to 200 feet above the ground. He stated that everything seemed and sounded normal, except that the airplane was “way too low. He reported the airplane made a left turn as if turning onto a downwind leg for runway 18. The airplane did not roll out of the bank, but rather continued in the descending left-bank until upside down. The airplane then disappeared behind the tree line. A review of radar data revealed that an aircraft with a transponder code of 1200 was located just south of UMP at 1940. This radar target was at an altitude of 1,100 feet. The radar t
Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane while making a low-altitude turn during dark night 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.
