# Incident 20030207001969I: Cessna 340A, Coraopolis, PA, February 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2003, 07:00 local time
- Place: Coraopolis, PA
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UHLA
- Location: 40.5146° N, 80.1618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coraopolis, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5146&lon=-80.1618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148SD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 771 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030207001969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHUTTLE 4550 WAS ISSUED A VECTOR BY PIT APPROACH FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 28 LEFT APPROACH. CREW ACKNOWLEDGED THE VECTOR AND THE APPROACH. FLIGHT 4550 WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS 28L APPROACH. CREW ACKNOWLEDGED FLIGHT 4550 WAS OBSERVED CROSSING THE 28L LOCALIZER PROCEEDING ON A WEST SOUTHWEST HEADING AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT AT 1,600 FT. MSL. (INBOUND COURSE HEADING 280 DEGREES AND AIRPORT ELEVATION IS 1200 FT. MSL). FLIGHT 4550'S POSITION WAS 1-2 MILES EAST AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE PITTZ OUTER MARKER (PITTZ IS 5NM EAST OF RUNWAY 28L @ PIT). ATC CANCELLED THE APPROACH CLEARANCE AND ISSUED AN IMMEDIATE CLIMB TO 3000 FT. MSL. CREW STATED THEY HAD THE INCORRECT LOCALIZER (ILS 28R OR ILS 32) TUNED IN THE NAV RADIO AND WERE FOLLOWING THE G/S READINGS FOR THE ILS FOR 28 RIGHT. FLIGHT 4550 WAS 400' AGL, DESCENDING, 7 MILES FROM KPIT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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