- Date
- December 28, 1992, 20:30 local (Dec 29, 1992, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3809QBeech C24R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921228051909A
- Case key
- 18584
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Probable cause
The pilot's disregard of and descent below the published decision height. Factors were his failure to maintain proper glide path and localizer alignment.
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 pilot was executing an ILS approach in dark night IMC, when the airplane impacted trees at the 50 foot AGL level, about 150 feet below the decision height. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground and burned. The trees were about 1/2 mile short of and 1/2 mile left of the extended centerline of the landing runway which was not equipped with an approach lighting system. A parallel runway, which extended out 1,000 feet beyond the landing runway was equipped with an ILS and medium intensity approach lighting system, sequenced flashing lights and runway centerline lights. The airplane impacted the trees about midway between the two runways, on a heading toward the second runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3809Q
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-748
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robertson, James R., doing business as Robertson Aviation
- Registered owner
- Robertson, James R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 4, 1992 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TUL · Tulsa Intl., runway 18, 6,101 × 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 391 total · 41 in this make and model · 339 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 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.