Cessna 441 Conquest crash, Dec 10, 2003 (2 killed), Birmi...
Cessna 441 Conquest accident on December 10, 2003 near Birmingham–Shuttlesworth, Alabama, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot's failure to...
- Date: December 10, 2003
- Aircraft: Cessna 441 Conquest
- Location: Birmingham–Shuttlesworth, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during climb in icing conditions, causing an inadvertent stall and spin, with airframe ice accumulation as a factor.
A Cessna 441 climbing from Birmingham through icing cloud lost airspeed, stalled and entered a spin. The pilot declared a mayday, and the aircraft descended into terrain. Investigators found no airframe or engine malfunction, and airframe ice accumulation was a factor.