- Date
- March 13, 1987, 19:13 local (Mar 14, 1987, 02:13 UTC)
- Place
- Chinle, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26864Cessna 414A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870313005909A
- Case key
- 25540
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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 plt rprtd the rwy lights on one side of the rwy were inop & that he made an apch to the wrong side of the lights. When he realized the acft was not aligned with the rwy, he initiated a go-around. However, as he started to go-around, the acft hit a fence beside the rwy & subsequently crash landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26864
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0325
- Airframe hours
- 5,832
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Samariton Health Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 12, 1987 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Q32 · Chinle, runway 35, 4,200 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,750 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,550 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.