- Date
- March 6, 1992, 17:57 local (22:57 UTC)
- Place
- Sandston, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N100LCPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920306005299A
- Case key
- 11718
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision failure to follow the missed approach procedure.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot received weather briefings along his route of flight that indicated low ceilings and reduced visibility. During the ILS approach to runway 34, the pilot advised the controller that he had lost the glide slope, and requested an airport surveillance radar approach (asr). The controller stated that his scope in the tower showed the flight path in the green, and he approved the asr approach. The new minimums were provided to the pilot and he was cleared to land. At about one half mile from the runway, the pilot executed a missed approach. The controller gave the pilot the missed approach instructions; however, the pilot transmitted that 'just a little bit lower, we just saw the runway lights' radar & radio contact was lost. The aircraft was located one quarter mile north of runway 34 where it collided with trees and a road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100LC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4658
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Jasper Engine Exchange Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jasper Engine Exchange Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1991 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- NC14 · Reidsville, NC
- Destination
- RIC · Sandston, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RIC · Richmond Intl, runway 34, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 120 in this make and model · 2,650 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.