- Date
- December 13, 1992, 18:01 local (Dec 14, 1992, 00:01 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Injuries
- 7 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17CHCessna 402B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921213049849A
- Case key
- 15638
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain a proper glidepath.
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
During the second ILS approach the airplane descended below the glidepath and impacted the terrain 2,500 feet short of the intended landing runway. The pilot indicated that a failure in the approach lighting system contributed to the accident. A post accident functional check of the approach lighting system failed to reveal any anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17CH
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0519
- Airframe hours
- 5,929
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dwyer Aircraft Sales, Inc., doing business as Dwyer Air
- Registered owner
- Carney And Handcock, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1992 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CID · Cedar Rapids Municipal, runway 9, 8,600 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,700 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 1 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.