Cessna 425 Conquest crash, Jan 12, 2007, Harbor Springs
Cessna 425 Conquest accident on January 12, 2007 near Harbor Springs, Michigan, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to...
- Date: January 12, 2007
- Aircraft: Cessna 425 Conquest
- Location: Harbor Springs, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control and adequate airspeed during the landing flare, with an aerodynamic stall or mush at low altitude as a contributing factor.
A Cessna Conquest I on a Part 91 flight from Toledo was approaching Harbor Springs, Michigan, after flying through rime icing in cloud. On a gusty approach it was flown fast, and the airspeed bled toward the redline during the flare. It pitched up and rolled left, struck the ground short of runway 28, cartwheeled and burned.