# NTSB LAX82DA336: Cessna T207A, N7349U, Riverside, CA, September 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1982, 04:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72396
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA336
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72396/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA336

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, missed approach (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE SECOND APPROACH THE ACFT STRUCK AN APPROACH LIGHT. THE ACFT WAS CATIPULTED DOWNWARD & TO THE LEFT STRIKING A MOVING CAMPER TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY. VISIBILITY WAS DESCRIBED AS ZERO ON THE RWY MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7349U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700413
- Airframe hours: 2314
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M1A 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Airway Express Inc.
- Registered owner: Airway Express Inc.
- Departed: C, BURBANK, CA
- Destination: C, RIVERSIDE, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: RAL, Riverside Municipal, runway 9, 5,400 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,393 total, 180 in this make and model, 1,211 as pilot in command, 338 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Temperature: 142 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820909045499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820909045499A), Sep 9, 1982: Cessna T207A, Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. Struck approach lights, fence and a vehicle trying to land in zero fog from a localizer approach. No mechanical.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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