- Date
- November 23, 1990, 21:35 local (Nov 24, 1990, 02:35 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2693FCessna 414A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901123051759A
- Case key
- 36773
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to follow the published ILS procedure and his continued descent below the decision height. Darkness and the adverse weather conditions were 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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - below approach/landing minimumsFactor
Ifr procedure - not followedCause
Decision height - not usedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2693F
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0423
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mansur T. Aftab
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ILM · Wilmington, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ACY · Atlantic City Intl, runway 13, 10,000 × 180 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 124 °F, dew point 124 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.50 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 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.