# NTSB Accident ATL04FA049
> **Cessna 441** · 2003-12-10 · Vestavia Hills, AL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL04FA049
- **Event ID:** 20031217X02053
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-12-10
- **Location:** Vestavia Hills, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.416389, -86.806945
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 441
- **Registration:** N441W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during climb in icing conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent stall / spin of the airplane and subsequent uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain. A factor was the accumulation of airframe ice.

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