Cessna 551 N2CA
18 November 1982 · Mountain View, Missouri, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 18 November 1982 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 551 registered N2CA, operated by Coin Acceptors, Inc., was involved in an accident near Mountain View, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mountain View, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Moutain View Airport
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 551
- Registration
- N2CA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Coin Acceptors, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mountain View → St. Louis
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DCA83AA005
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE PLT CALLED FROM HOME AT 0909 FOR AN IFR CLEARANCE WHICH BECAME VALID UNTIL 0930. HE SAID HE NEEDED 15 MIN TO GET TO THE ARPT. THE CALL ENDED AT 0914. THE CHIEF PLT PREFLIGHTED THE ACFT WHILE THE PLT WAS ENROUTE TO THE ARPT. THE PLT ARRIVED BETWEEN 0920 & 0925. AFTER ENPLANING & LOADING, HE MADE AN IMMEDIATE START & TAXIED A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE RWY.THE CHIEF PLT NOTED THAT APRX 2 MIN HAD ELAPSED FROM THE ENG START UNTIL THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS STARTED. UP TO 3 MIN WAS NEEDED FOR THE GYRO TO BE UP TO SPEED AFTER THE GENERATOR HAD BEEN SELECTED. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE CEILING WAS BETWEEN 20-100 FT & THE VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED BY FOG. THE ACFT TOOK OFF AT 0930. AT 0934 NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED THAT THE ACFT HAD CRASHED. IT IMPACTED 1.75 MI NORTH OF THE ARPT IN ABOUT A 30 DEG NOSE DOWN, 90 DEG LEFT BANK ATTITUDE.NO PREIMPACT FAILURES WERE FOUND. THE CHIEF PLT STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES ON THE PREVIOUS FLT, BUT HENOTED THAT SOME AVIONICS HAD BEEN SLOW TO WARM UP. ALSO THAT THE PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY USED THE COPLT'S HSI DURING TAKEOFF.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 551 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 1982 | Cessna 551 | Near Palm Sprin, California, United States | Ernest Walter Hahn | No injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1990 | Cessna 551 | Elma, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 1998 | Cessna 551 | Pueblo, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1999 | Cessna 551 | Cordele, Georgia, United States | William McMahan | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Apr 2002 | Cessna 551 | Lake in Hills, Illinois, United States | Northern Illinois Flight Center Inc | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jan 2003 | Cessna 551 (CITATION II) | Perigueux, France | Sonnig SA | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 1982 | Cessna 172N | Lake of the Oza, Missouri, United States | Wayne Collins Merle Nelson | Fatal | 2 |
| 20 May 1982 | Piper PA-28-140 | Columbia, Missouri, United States | Olan R. McGee | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jun 1982 | Bellanca 17-30 | Columbia, Missouri, United States | John M. Lindhorst | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Nov 1982 | Bensen M8M | Gerald, Missouri, United States | Richard J. Barlow | Serious injuries | - |
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