Cessna 441 accident near Argyle, TX

On February 5, 2015, a Cessna 441 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Argyle, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.

Date

February 5, 2015

Place

Argyle, TX

Aircraft

Cessna 441 · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Substantial

Position

33.087°N, 97.200°W

NTSB ID

20150205X05021

Official records · CEN15FA136

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• ATC Communications: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC Radar Track Data Plots: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 4, 2015, about 2109 central standard time, a Cessna 441 (Conquest II) twin turbo-prop airplane, N441TG, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain following a loss of control during an instrument approach to Denton Municipal Airport (DTO), Denton, Texas. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Del Air Enterprises II, LLC, and was operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 while on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight that departed Willmar Municipal Airport (BDH), Willmar, Minnesota, about 1828. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control data, at 2050:46, the pilot established contact with Dallas-Fort Worth Terminal Radar Approach Control and reported being level at 4,000 ft mean sea level (msl). According to radar data, the flight was about 35 miles northwest of DTO and was established on a southbound course. The approach controller issued the current weather conditions at DTO and told the pilot to expect the GPS runway 36 approach. At 2052:54, the approach controller told the pilot to fly direct to WOBOS, an intermediate fix associated with the instrument approach. The plotted radar data showed that the flight turned to the south-southeast to a direct course toward WOBOS. At 2059:35, the flight was cleared to descend to and maintain 3,000 ft msl, and the pilot acknowledged the altitude clearance. At 2101:24, the DTO tower controller advised

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the instrument approach in night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall/spin at a low altitude.

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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.