Cessna 414 Chancellor crash, Apr 7, 2015 (7 killed), Bloo...
Cessna 414 Chancellor accident on April 7, 2015 near Bloomington, Illinois, United States with 7 fatalities. Cause: NTSB (CEN15FA190): The pilot's...
- Date: April 7, 2015
- Aircraft: Cessna 414 Chancellor
- Location: Bloomington, Illinois, United States
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB (CEN15FA190): The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the instrument approach at night in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in exceeding the critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing were pilot fatigue, an unusable glideslope signal from an inadequately connected antenna cable, and an aft center of gravity.
A Cessna 414A flown by an airline transport pilot with seven people aboard approached Bloomington, Illinois, on a night ILS approach in fog and light rain with a ceiling of 200 feet. The airplane did not track the localizer or glideslope properly, turned away from the runway and stalled in a spin before impacting the ground about 2.2 miles from the runway threshold. All seven occupants were killed and the airplane was destroyed.