- Date
- January 22, 1993, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Willoughby, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2890ABeech A36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930122000729A
- Case key
- 37289
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glide path during an instrument approach, and his improper remedial action, resulting in a collision with trees.
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 pilot was conducting a manually flown ILS approach in marginal weather conditions. He said that he became distracted at about 3.5 miles from touchdown by a call from the tower asking his location. He said that he looked outside the cockpit and saw a highway below. When he again looked at his instruments, he observed the glide path needle displaying a 'full scale below glide path indication.' He then tried to engage the auto pilot, but the airplane struck trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2890A
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E1418
- Airframe hours
- 2,646
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harvey S. Rosen
- Registered owner
- Harvey S. Rosen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1992 · 136 hours before
- Departed
- I77 · Cincinnati, OH
- Destination
- CGF · Cleveland, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CGF · Cuyahoga County Airport, runway 23, 5,100 × 100 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,854 total · 1,654 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGF, 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.