# Accident 19950322005559A: Cessna 208B, Reno, NV, March 22, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1995, 08:12 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- Location: 39.4798° N, 119.7409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4798&lon=-119.7409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9417B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9417B-1995-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,388 total, 200 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950322005559A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK MOUNTAINSIDE ON LOCALIZER DME APPROACH IN IFR CONDITIONS. PILOT APPEARED FATIGUE. READ BACKS INCORRECT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX95FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA141), Mar 22, 1995: Cessna 208B (N9417B), Reno, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to comply with published instrument approach procedures by a premature descent below the minimum altitude specified for the approach.

## Other reports on N9417B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730326013769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730326013769A), Mar 26, 1973: Cessna 175 (N9417B), Ocala, FL, Substantial damage. Lwr than nml apch enctrd dwndft t/d abt 100 yards short of rwy. Wheels dug in soft gnd.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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