# Accident 20030123001049A: Cessna 402C, Sacramento, CA, January 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2003, 16:35 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Mather Afb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MNVA
- Location: 38.5611° N, 121.2667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5611&lon=-121.2667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6814A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6814A-2003-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030123001049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22L AT MATHER AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LAND DUE TO HIM NOT SEEING THE RUNWAY AT THE MISS APPROACH POINT. UPON EXECUTION OF THE MISSED APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE AND THEN CRASHED.

## 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 LAX03FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA073), Jan 24, 2003: Cessna 402C (N6814A), Mather, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: loss of engine power in the left engine for undetermined reasons. Also causal was the pilot's failure to correctly configure the airplane for a single engine missed approach, which resulted in a…

## Other reports on N6814A (4)

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

- [Incident 19871217077329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871217077329I), Dec 17, 1987: Cessna 402C (N6814A), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Right wing tip hit a slow moving refueling truck while taxiing to gate.
- [Incident 19841023066839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841023066839I), Oct 23, 1984: Cessna 402C (N6814A), Boston, MA. During preflight pilot failed to ensure nose baggage door was locked. Suitcase fell from aircraft on climb.
- [Incident 19840315013289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840315013289I), Mar 15, 1984: Cessna 402C (N6814A), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Detected nose lower than normal on landing. Went around. Nose gear collapsed on next landing. Broken auctuator rod.
- [Incident 19831128073229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831128073229I), Nov 28, 1983: Cessna 402C (N6814A), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Qualified ground agent started an engine to move aircraft. Unsecured aircraft ran into a parked aircraft.

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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