- Date
- May 2, 1986, 05:17 local (10:17 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69668Cessna 310Q
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860502018039A
- Case key
- 22167
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Analysis
Drg ngt visual apch, plt enctrd dtrtg wx, got vectors for ILS rwy 8 apch, was clrd for apch at 0511 CDT. On final apch, he noted his #1 & #2 ils's giving erratic LOC & g/s info (but functioning) & that his LOC course deviation info didn't agree with adf, but he contd apch. At 0512, he heard another flt (lndg on rwy 14L) rprt brkg out of clds at mins (200' AGL). At 0513, the plt was adzd the latest wx was: 200' brkn, vis 3 mi. While the plt was interpreting instruments, the acft brk out of clds & hit trees aprx 3/4 mi left of course, then crashed & burned. Arpt had ils's for rwys 8 & 26 (withdifferent identifiers) that used same x-mitter & freq for the LOC. There was evidence the x-mitter was set for rwy 26 & the plt didn't id the signal. Flt chk showed ILS wld have provided a usable signal in that configuration, but with back course (reverse) LOC sensing commands. Twr ctlr thought ILS was set for rwy 8, but didn't recall chgg it fm rwy 26. Atishadn't been updated since 0011 CDT. 0529 wx: 100' ovc, 3/4 mi vis with fog (1/4 mi vis at twr). ATCT supv not in twr cab
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69668
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q-0842
- Airframe hours
- 2,566
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V0, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Canfield Aviation,Inc., doing business as Chequer Charter Co.
- Registered owner
- John W. Morley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 29, 1986 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- AXH · Arcola, TX
- Destination
- IAH
- Airport
- IAH · Houston Intercontinental, runway 8, 9,401 × 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,133 total · 74 in this make and model · 1,026 as pilot in command · 341 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH, 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.