# Accident 20181001016609A: Cessna 340, Keokuk, IA, October 1, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2018, 03:30 local time
- Place: Keokuk, IA
- Airport: Keokuk Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4600° N, 91.4522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4600&lon=-91.4522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89AM-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-N (registry code 17264, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,740 total, 190 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181001016609A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 1, 2018 AROUND 0330 CDT, WHILE CONDUCTING THE RNAV 08 APPROACH INTO KEOKUK, IA (KEOK), A CESSNA 340, N89AM, STRUCK THE GROUND ABOUT ¾ OF A MILE BEFORE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, INFORMED THIS OFFICE THAT HE WAS ON A PART 91 TRIP FROM CHICAGO O?HARE (KORD) TO MOUNT PLEASANT, IA (KMPZ) WHEN HE HAD TO EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH DUE TO LOW IFR CONDITIONS. THE PILOT THEN TALKED TO CHICAGO CENTER AND WAS GIVEN DIRECT RITOY (IAF) FOR THE RNAV 08 AT KEOK. THE PILOT STATED THE AWOS WAS REPORTING 300 FEET AND 1 MI (THE MINIMUMS FOR THE APPROACH). AT AROUND 50 FEET FROM MINIMUMS, THE PILOT SAID HE SAW A LIGHT THAT HE PERCEIVED TO THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE PILOT THEN CONTINUED TO DESCEND FROM MINIMUMS AND CONTACTED THE GROUND, APPLIED FULL POWER AND CLIMBED TWO HUNDRED FEET. THE PILOT THEN SAW THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## 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 GAA19CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA001), Oct 1, 2018: Cessna 340 (N89AM), Keokuk, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to correctly identify the runway environment during an instrument approach at night in instrument meteorological conditions because he mistook building lights for runway lights,…

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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