What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The accident aircraft was cleared for the ILS approach at myf airport after failing to land at its planned destination airport F70 and the planned alternate crq due to bad weather. The pilot reported he could not see the runway at myf and that he missed the approach. Myf was reporting 3 miles visibility in light rain and 500 foot ceiling. 28 seconds after reporting the missed approach and while air traffic control gave the pilot altitude and heading vectors due to low altitude alert, the pilot stated he would like to shoot another ILS approach but he is running out of fuel. When asked by the controller how much fuel he had, the pilot stated he had very few minutes remaining. 90 seconds later the pilot reported he is out of fuel and needs to make an emergency landing. 80 seconds later the aircraft crashed in a residential area. There was no post-crash fire, and no fuel was detected or recovered from the aircraft fuel system. The pilot suffered a fatal head injury upon impact. There was no damage to surrounding property and no one on the ground was injured. A Cirrus aircraft was flying inbound behind the accident aircraft as number two for the ILS approach to myf. The Cirrus pilot was interviewed and reported no discrepancies with the runway lighting system or ILS transmitters.
As the FAA filed it
THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS APPROACH AT MYF AIRPORT AFTER FAILING TO LAND AT ITS PLANNED DESTINATION AIRPORT F70 AND THE PLANNED ALTERNATE CRQ DUE TO BAD WEATHER. THE PILOT REPORTED HE COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY AT MYF AND THAT HE MISSED THE APPROACH. MYF WAS REPORTING 3 MILES VISIBILITY IN LIGHT RAIN AND 500 FOOT CEILING. 28 SECONDS AFTER REPORTING THE MISSED APPROACH AND WHILE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL GAVE THE PILOT ALTITUDE AND HEADING VECTORS DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE ALERT, THE PILOT STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SHOOT ANOTHER ILS APPROACH BUT HE IS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. WHEN ASKED BY THE CONTROLLER HOW MUCH FUEL HE HAD, THE PILOT STATED HE HAD VERY FEW MINUTES REMAINING. 90 SECONDS LATER THE PILOT REPORTED HE IS OUT OF FUEL AND NEEDS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. 80 SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE, AND NO FUEL WAS DETECTED OR RECOVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM. THE PILOT SUFFERED A FATAL HEAD INJURY UPON IMPACT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY AND NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED. A CIRRUS AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING INBOUND BEHIND THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AS NUMBER TWO FOR THE ILS APPROACH TO MYF. THE CIRRUS PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND REPORTED NO DISCREPANCIES WITH THE RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEM OR ILS TRANSMITTERS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.