- Date
- January 9, 1989, 11:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place
- Pleasanton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1672TCessna 414
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890109000339A
- Case key
- 26200
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to properly follow the IFR (instrument flight rules) procedures by not maintaining the minimum descent altitude for that seqment of the approach. The weather conditions and mountainous terrain were considered to be related factors.
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
Drg arrival, the plt was clrd for an ILS rwy 27R apch to the metro oakland intl arpt. As she began the apch, the ATC ctlr noted the acft had dscndd thru 2900 ft MSL. He provided a low alt alert to the plt & warned her the acft should be at 3300 ft. the plt acknowledged by saying 'thank you.' The ATC ctlr suggested the plt climb to 3300 ft immediately,then he canceled the clnc & told the plt to climb immediately to 3300 ft. subsequently, the acft crashed aprx 15 mi east of the arpt. Impact occurred with a 1500 ft ridge at about the 1000 ft level. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1672T
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0465
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gellman, Barbara Lorraine
- Registered owner
- Vip Properties Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OAK · Oakland Int'L, runway 27R, 5,453 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 471 total · 149 in this make and model · 361 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK, 15 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.