- Date
- January 22, 1989, 09:49 local (16:49 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 194 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N712PCBoeing 707-323B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890122010139I
- Case key
- 17615
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's attempt to align the airplane with the runway at an altitude insufficient for safe maneuvering, resulting in the no. 1 engine striking the runway. Contributing factors include obscured visibility due to fog, the captain's loss of depth perception, and pilot fatigue due to disrupted circadian rhythm.
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
Plt was executing category I ILS apch to rwy 34L after flying from hon to slc. Plt said he 'came off gauges' at 300 ft AGL expecting to see rwy but didn't. at 200 ft AGL, he saw rwy 150 ft to left but lost all depth perception. Plt considered executing missed apch but felt he could align acft with rwy with alt remaining. While maneuvering, no. 1 eng struck rwy, leaving 50-60 ft long, 1-inch deep gouge. In previous 30 hr period, plt had been on duty 18 hrs, 30 min, and had flown 13 hrs, 25 min. He had been off duty 11 hrs, 24 min, but had slept only 1 hr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N712PC
- Reported as
- Boeing 707-323B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20176
- Airframe hours
- 45,804
- Engine
- P&W JT3D-38, 18,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Ports Of Call Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 29, 1989 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Destination
- SLC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City, runway 34L, 12,003 × 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,800 total · 4,390 in this make and model · 9,600 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N712PC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.