ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322290
| Date: | Saturday 5 November 2005 |
| Time: | 09:58 |
| Type: |  Cessna 500 Citation I |
| Owner/operator: | Houston Cardiac Electrophysiology Associates |
| Registration: | N505K |
| MSN: | 500-0004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6230 hours |
| Cycles: | 6195 flights |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Houston-Hobby Airport, TX (HOU) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU/KHOU) |
| Corpus Christi International Airport, TX (CRP/KCRP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had not flown his Citation I N505K for over nine months because of extensive maintenance. The airplane was prepared for its first test flight out of maintenance.
Another airplane, Southwest Airlines flight 422, had declared an emergency was on a 10-mile final when the tower cleared the accident airplane for takeoff on runway 22, with no delay on the takeoff roll. Several witnesses reported that the airplane climbed to approximately 150 feet, rolled to the right, descended, and then struck the runway inverted, bursting into flames.
Examination of the wreckage revealed that none of the main-entry door latching pins were in their fully locked position.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush. Contributing factors were the unsecured passenger door and the pilot's diverted attention."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Houston Chronicle
NTSB
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