ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305962
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 January 2023 |
| Time: | 13:07 |
| Type: |  Cessna 414 |
| Owner/operator: | Aircraft Charter and Leasing LLC |
| Registration: | N4765G |
| MSN: | 414-0940 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3574 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Modesto-City County Airport (MOD/KMOD), CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Modesto City-County Airport, CA (MOD/KMOD) |
| Concord-Buchanan Field, CA (CCR/KCCR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On January 18, 2023, at 1307 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 414 airplane, N4765G, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Modesto, California. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight
The airplane departed runway 10L at Modesto City-County Airport-Harry Sham Field (MOD) at 1259. The pilot’s planned destination was Buchanan Field Airport (CCR), Concord, California.
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) flight data showed that the airplane climbed to 3,200 ft mean sea level (msl) as it made a right turn and departed to the northwest, reaching about 150 kts. The airplane made a left turn back to the southeast about four minutes after takeoff. The airplane paralleled the runway about three miles west of MOD and descended in what appeared to be a modified traffic pattern for runway 28R. The airplane reached an altitude of about 1,500 ft msl and an airspeed of 96 kts as it was abeam the runway 28R threshold. The airplane then turned to the northeast on a heading towards the runway threshold. During the left turn the airplane maintained about 90 kts and continued to descend until it reached 200 ft msl about 0.5 miles from the runway. The airplane then entered a right turn to about a 090° heading before it started a left turn to the north. During the left turn the airspeed decreased from about 72 kts to 52 kts and the altitude decreased to 100 ft when the last ADS-B return was recorded at 1306:56.
An aeromedical helicopter pilot and flight nurse reported they had just departed a hospital helipad about three miles north of MOD when they heard a pilot on the MOD tower frequency asking the controller if he could hear the pilot. The tower controller responded that they heard the pilot the entire time. The helicopter crew then observed the airplane maneuvering on what they thought was a downwind leg of the traffic pattern. They said the airplane was doing unusual maneuvers, “like S-turns”. The flight nurse, who was a fixed wing private pilot, told the crew that the pilot was going to stall the airplane. A few seconds later, they witnessed the airplane stall and spin to the ground. Another witness, who was about a mile from the accident site, observed the airplane’s departure and then the final moments of the flight. He said the engines sounded normal as the airplane departed and returned, and he heard the engines RPM increase as the airplane descended in the spin.
Dash camera video was obtained and showed the final segments of the flight. The video showed the airplane’s bank angle increase, the nose drop and the airplane enter a near vertical left spin.
Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/sheriff-1-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-modesto-airport/
https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article271341572.html
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4765G
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a5da72&lat=37.621&lon=-120.953&zoom=14.0&showTrace=2023-01-18
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4765G/history/20230118/2111Z/KMOD/KMOD
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/43067_1555653665.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
Plane crash update: Only one person was on the plane at the time of the crash. That occupant was pronounced deceased at the scene. pic.twitter.com/8NEFudVoV4
— Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office (@StanSheriff) January 18, 2023
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