- Date
- November 12, 1985, 02:08 local (07:08 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6788YCessna 402C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851112056789A
- Case key
- 13229
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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
A 100-FT ceiling with 3000 ft RVR existed at Detroit. The plt attempted an ILS apch with a 200 ft dh when he struck trees one mile from the rwy. He flew the acft to the airfield but crashed near the threshold. The only apch plates found onboard were for Detroit and midway in chicago. Midway was his final destination after Detroit. He did not have enough fuel to get to midway. The rest of his apch plates were later found in his personal vehicle back in Pennsylvania.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6788Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0433
- Airframe hours
- 2,607
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Gateway Pace Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gateway Toyota, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 30, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DTW · Wayne County
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,900 total · 350 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.