# Approach lighting

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Operating environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0301) › [Approach aid coverage/avail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030120) › Approach lighting
- NTSB code: 03012015
- Cases: 4
- In the probable cause: 3
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03012015/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03012015/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03012015

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 1 / 1
- 2009: 1 / 1
- 2015: 1 / 1
- 2019: 0 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370): 1 cases
- [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 1 cases
- [Wrong surface or wrong airport](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284): 1 cases
- [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Raytheon 1900D](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-1900d): 1 cases
- [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 1 cases
- [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j): 1 cases
- [Boeing 767-332](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-332): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases
- [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Below approach minima](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035070) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Object/animal/substance, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Sloped/uneven terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021017) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Taxiway markings/signage](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017040) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Taxiway lighting](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB GAA19CA525](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA525), Sep 5, 2019: Cessna 182 (N2408Q), Charleston, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper approach path at night and his misjudgment of the landing point, which resulted in landing short of the runway and impact with the runway's engineered materials arrestor system.
- [NTSB CEN16LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA016), Oct 17, 2015: Cirrus Design SR22 (N849CD), Lancaster, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during a night visual approach, which resulted in impact with a power line. Contributing to the accident was an inoperative precision approach path…
- [NTSB OPS10IA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS10IA001), Oct 19, 2009: Boeing 767 (N185DN), Atlanta Hartsfield Intl. Apt. (KATL), GA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to identify the correct landing surface due to fatigue. Contributing to the cause of the incident were (1) the flight crew’s decision to accept a late runway change, (2) the…
- [NTSB SEA08LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA082), Feb 22, 2008: Raytheon 1900D (N305PC), Kayenta, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to execute a missed approach, which resulted in a runway excursion after landing. Contributing to the accident were the inoperative lights, weather conditions below…

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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