# Incident 20080815849549I: Cessna 414A, Salem, OR, August 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2008, 08:18 local time
- Place: Salem, OR
- Airport: Mcnary Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K2ZA
- Location: 44.9095° N, 123.0025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MCNARY FLD (SLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9095&lon=-123.0025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N415ST-2018-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,499 total, 310 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080815849549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ON PART 135 REVENUE CHARTER FLIGHT ACCEPTED CLEARANCE FROM ATC FOR ILS RWY 31 APPROACH TO SLE AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIVING 2 WEATHER REPORTS FOR SLE SHOWING VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/2 MILE.  AFTER STARTING APPROACH, SALEM TOWER NOTIFIED PILOT THAT VISIBILITY WAS 1/4 MILE OR LESS WITH FOG, AND HE ASKED TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH.  ONCE A COUPLED AUTOPILOT APPROACH WAS STARTED DOWN THE GLIDE SLOPE, HE REPORTED THAT HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS CHARTS TO FIND MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURES, AND SUDDENLY SAW A GREEN FLASH TO HIS LEFT.  THE FRONT PASSENGER (A PRIVATE PILOT) ALSO SAW THE FLASH OF GREEN, AND SHOUTED TO PULL UP.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECLARED A MISSED APPROACH, AND ASKED FOR AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT FOR LANDING.  OREGON DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL CALLED SALEM TOWER AND REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD HIT A TREE IN THEIR PARKING LOT, AND REPORTED HAVING AIRCRAFT PARTS IN THEIR POSSESSION.  THIS AIRCRAFT DROPPED ABOUT 650 FEET BELOW THE GLIDE PATH 2.2 MILES FROM THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK A TREE AT ABOUT 350 FEET MSL.  100 FEET BEYOND THE TREE IS A 3 STORY BRICK PRISON BUILDING THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE TREE, AND AIRCRAFT MISSED THE BUILDING BY ONLY A FEW FEET.  MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD FOR THE APPROACH IS 414 FEET.

## Other reports on N415ST (1)

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

- [Incident 20110306002989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110306002989I), Mar 6, 2011: Cessna 414A (N415ST), Baker City, OR, Minor damage. On 6 March, 2011 at approximately 1800 PST local time, N415ST, a Cessna 414 was being taxied by [privacy data omitted], the sole occupant. The aircraft had…

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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