# Accident 20031129032339A: Swrngn SA227AT, Spokane, WA, November 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2003, 08:06 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 47.7108° N, 117.2606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7108&lon=-117.2606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N439AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N439AF-2004-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AT (registry code 8780610, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,253 total, 4,406 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031129032339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CLEARED FOR ILS 21R AT KSFF, AFTER ESTABLISHED ON LOCALIZER, A/C DESCENDED BELOW THE ILS GLIDESLOPE AND STRUCK TREES AND THEN TERRAIN.

## 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 SEA04FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA023), Nov 29, 2003: Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AT (N439AF), Spokane, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper glidepath alignment during an ILS approach in poor weather resulting in collision with trees and terrain. Contributing factors were the unreliable…

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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