Cessna 414 Chancellor crash, Oct 29, 2019 (1 killed), Col...
Cessna 414 Chancellor accident on October 29, 2019 near Colonia, New Jersey, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Failure to maintain airspeed during...
- Date: October 29, 2019
- Aircraft: Cessna 414 Chancellor
- Location: Colonia, New Jersey, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure to maintain airspeed during a circling approach, leading to exceedance of the critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall and spin.
A Cessna 414A flown by its sole pilot from Leesburg, Virginia, was on a GPS circling approach to Linden Airport in low cloud and mist. Its speed decayed near the minimum descent altitude, it turned abruptly left, descended rapidly and crashed into a house in Colonia, starting a fire. The pilot was killed, and the NTSB found he failed to maintain airspeed, leading to an aerodynamic stall and spin.