ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295793
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| Date: | Saturday 31 May 2003 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 425 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N425SG |
| MSN: | 425-0166 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3854 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pueblo, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Page Airport, AZ (PGA/KPGA) |
| Denver-Centennial Airport, CO (APA/KAPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it encountered hail while in cruise flight. Halfway through the flight, Denver Center advised the pilot "that [his] intersection was closed due to weather" and they changed his route. The flight was at 29,000 feet and was cleared to descend to 27,000 feet. The pilot asked center how long he would be in the rain. The controller replied you should be out of the rain in about 1 or 2 minutes. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft encountered "severe hail, lightning, and turbulence." Weather radar indicated this route of flight passed near an area of moderate thunderstorm activity. The pilot continued to his destination and landed without further incident.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions. Contributing factors include the encounter with severe turbulence and hail.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN03LA095
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 2005 | N425SG | SGavit Aviation LLC | 4 | Lone Tree, CO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 12:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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