Cessna 414 Chancellor crash, Dec 26, 2006 (2 killed), Joh...
Cessna 414 Chancellor accident on December 26, 2006 near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's decision to...
- Date: December 26, 2006
- Aircraft: Cessna 414 Chancellor
- Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's decision to attempt to abort the landing with a damaged airplane. Contributing factors were the runway impact damage, the failure to lower the landing gear before the landing attempt, and in-flight icing.
A Cessna 414 on a positioning flight from Morgantown to Teterboro picked up ice in flight and diverted to Johnstown to try to shed it at a lower altitude. On approach the landing gear was not fully extended and the aircraft hit the runway, after which the pilot tried to abort the landing. The damaged aircraft climbed, stalled and crashed, killing both occupants.