- Date
- March 14, 1984, 00:23 local (06:23 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54647Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840314005649A
- Case key
- 21284
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The non-instrument rated plt departed dallas, TX, and was on a VFR flight plan to Houston gulf port arpt. Unable to landthere due to wx, the plt requested ATC vectors to Houston intercontinental (iah). Iah ATC gave the plt vectors for an ILS apch to rwy 08. The plt flew the ILS apch without the apch charts & crashed past the end of the rwy during the attempted missed apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54647
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275023
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-02J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harvey M. Mainis Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RBD · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- SPX · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IAH · Houston International, runway 8, 9,400 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 13 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.