- Date
- November 2, 1988, 03:02 local (09:02 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60819Piper 601B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881102050079A
- Case key
- 22750
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Probable cause
Pilot's decision to fly the approach visually with outside reference to the lights and inadvertently descending below the decision height off the proper glide path.
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
The aircraft collided with power lines and trees while on final approach. The reported weather immediately following the accident was an indefinite ceiling zero, sky obscured, and visibility 1/16 of a mile in fog. No preimpact failures or malfunctions of the aircraft were found. The pilot had diverted from his intended destination due to fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60819
- Reported as
- Piper 601B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0759-8062149
- Airframe hours
- 3,202
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-51AS, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Conroe Aviation Services Inc.
- Registered owner
- Conroe Aviatio Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Destination
- CXO · Conroe, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IAH · Houston Intercontinental, runway 14L, 12,000 × 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,887 total · 190 in this make and model · 2,544 as pilot in command · 218 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 52 °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.