Cessna 441 accident near Belvidere, TN
On February 7, 2021, a Cessna 441 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Belvidere, TN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 7, 2021
- Place
- Belvidere, TN
- Aircraft
- Cessna 441 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.087°N, 86.072°W
- NTSB ID
- 20210208102609
Official records · ERA21LA124
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 7, 2021, about 1647 central standard time, a Cessna 441, N44776, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Belvidere, Tennessee. The airline transport pilot and the commercial pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, radar, and voice communications obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the flight departed from Thomasville Regional Airport (TVI), Thomasville, Georgia, about 1527 with a destination of Winchester Municipal Airport (BGF), Winchester, Tennessee. The flight was cleared to flight level 220 after departing TVI. About 1616, the flight was cleared to begin the descent into BGF. About 1640, as the airplane was descending to 4,000 ft mean sea level (msl), the pilot established contact with the Bowling Green, Kentucky, radar controller. The flight was then cleared for the area navigation (RNAV) GPS runway 36 approach into BGF. The airplane crossed the intermediate fix at an altitude of about 4,000 ft. The approach procedure allowed the pilot to cross the intermediate fix at or above 4,000 ft and then descend to cross the final approach fix at or above 3,000 ft. The airplane was observed descending slowly from 3,000 ft when the airplane was about 4 nautical miles (nm) south of the final approach fix. As the airplane descended through 2,300 ft, its radar target disappeared, which was expected due to the limited radar coverage in the area. The last A
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure by prematurely descending the airplane below the final approach fix altitude to fly under the low ceiling conditions, 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.
