# NTSB NYC91FA035: Cessna 414A, N2693F, Atlantic City, NJ, November 24, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 23, 1990, 21:35 local (Nov 24, 1990, 02:35 UTC)
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36773
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC91FA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36773/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA035

## 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

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - decision height - not used, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2693F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2693F-1993-07-20), registration cancelled 1993-07-20, S/N 414A0423 (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: 414A0423
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19901123051759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901123051759A), Nov 23, 1990: Cessna 414A, Atlantic City, NJ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Trying to land in zero zero IMC. Descended below decision height on the instrument flight plan approach.

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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