Cessna S550 accident near Greenfield, IN
On May 22, 2019, a Cessna S550 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Greenfield, IN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 22, 2019
- Place
- Greenfield, IN
- Aircraft
- Cessna S550 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.851°N, 85.884°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190522X55002
Official records · CEN19FA148
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 22, 2019, about 1245 eastern daylight time, a Cessna Citation S550 airplane, N311G, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Greenfield, Indiana. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness on the ground at Indianapolis Regional Airport (MQJ), Indianapolis, Indiana, reported seeing the airplane turn shortly after departure from runway 7 in an estimated 90° left bank with the wings vertical and the fuselage parallel to the ground. He then saw the nose lower slightly before it rose again to a level attitude. The wings started to level, then the nose went straight down, and the airplane disappeared behind trees. Flight track data for this report was obtained from L3/Harris OpsVue, a commercially available web base product that that aggregates and georeference's FAA data sources including data from FAA ASDE-X and ASSC systems, FAA Terminal and En Route Radars, the FAA certified ADS-B Network and Flight Plan data from the En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system. A review of the data revealed that, after the airplane climbed through 1,025 ft mean sea level (msl) (163 ft above ground level), its ground speed began decreasing from its maximum of 141 knots during takeoff. As the airplane continued to climb and turned north, the ground speed continued to decrease until the last recorded data point, which showed the airplane about 1,125 ft msl and heading 346° at a ground speed of 100 knots. The airplane impacted a field about 1/2-mile
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to fully advance the power levers during the takeoff and initial climb, which led to his failure to maintain sufficient airspeed and resulted in the exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.
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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.
