# Incident 20110127000989I: Rockwell In 114, Travis Afb, CA, January 27, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2011, 22:04 local time
- Place: Travis Afb, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2685° N, 121.9337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Travis Air Force Base, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2685&lon=-121.9337&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4887W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4887W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL IN 114
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,862 total, 2,750 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110127000989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM SANTA ROSA (STS) TO CONCORD (CCR). THE WEATHER AT CCR HAD DETERIORATED AND HE ATTEMPTED TWO INSTRUMENT APPROACHES WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE THEN REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS TO NAPA (APA). TRAVIS APPROACH CONTROL PROVIDED THE VECTOR. HE SAW A RUNWAY BELOW HIM AND ASSUMED THAT IS WAS APA. HE REPORTED TO APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT AND WAS CANCELLING IFR. APPROACH CONTROL ADVISED HIM TO SQUAWK VFR AND FREQUENCY CHANGE APPROVED. HE SUBSEQUENTLY SPIRALED DOWN FROM ABOUT 3000 FEET AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 3L AT TRAVIS AFB (SUU) WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE TOWER. HE WAS THEN MET BY SECURITY. HE STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT APA BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. WHEN THE SECURITY INFORMED HIM THAT THE TOWER AT SUU IS 24/7 HE RESPONDED: "I'M AT TRAVIS?" THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS REPORTED 1/4 MI WITH A VERTICAL VISIBILITY OF 100 FEET.

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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