# NTSB LAX87LA144: Cessna 414A, N26864, Chinle, AZ, March 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1987, 19:13 local (Mar 14, 1987, 02:13 UTC)
- Place: Chinle, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.230503, -109.570388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2305&lon=-109.5704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25540
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25540/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA144

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26864-1990-07-25), registration cancelled 1990-07-25, S/N 414A0325 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Registry model: [Cessna 414A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (registry code 2075907) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0325
- Airframe hours: 5832
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870313005909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870313005909A), Mar 13, 1987: Cessna 414A, Chinle, AZ, Substantial damage. Lined up offside of runway due to only 1 row of runway lights. Hit a fence on go around and crash landed.

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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