19990115009039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421 · Redding, CA · January 15, 1999

Date
January 15, 1999 · 23:30 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Redding Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AXMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41CU
Reported as
Cessna 421
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total800 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)I spoke with the pilot and he stated that while flying the ILS into rdd, he had both navigational equipemnt tuned to the locolizer frequency. The weather was down to minmums, approximatley 200 feet overcast and 1/2 mile visibility. During the approach, he did not noticed anything unusual and the glide slope and locolizer were close to being centered. When he arrived at decision height, he did not see the runway and he initiated a go around. He then heard a loud noise. He returned and flew the ILS a second time and landed normally. An inspection of the aircraft revealed that he hit a tree located s/w of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)I SPOKE WITH THE PILOT AND HE STATED THAT WHILE FLYING THE ILS INTO RDD, HE HAD BOTH NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPEMNT TUNED TO THE LOCOLIZER FREQUENCY. THE WEATHER WAS DOWN TO MINMUMS, APPROXIMATLEY 200 FEET OVERCAST AND 1/2 MILE VISIBILITY. DURING THE APPROACH, HE DID NOT NOTICED ANYTHING UNUSUAL AND THE GLIDE SLOPE AND LOCOLIZER WERE CLOSE TO BEING CENTERED. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT DECISION HEIGHT, HE DID NOT SEE THE RUNWAY AND HE INITIATED A GO AROUND. HE THEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. HE RETURNED AND FLEW THE ILS A SECOND TIME AND LANDED NORMALLY. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT HE HIT A TREE LOCATED S/W OF THE RUNWAY.