- Date
- December 6, 1986, 19:00 local (Dec 7, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Murtaugh, ID
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37561Cessna 414A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861206064699A
- Case key
- 40562
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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
During the transition from a DME arc to the ILS final apch course, the plt allowed the acft to prematurely descend into the ground. The reason for the descent could not be determined. However, no pre-impact mechanical malfunction with the acft was found nor was there any evidence supporting plt incapacitation. Dark night conditions in fog and low ceilings prevailed during the apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37561
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0007
- Airframe hours
- 1,487
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul C. Van Alstyne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1985 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- SUN · Sun Valley, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TWF · Joslin Field, runway 25, 8,703 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,680 total · 618 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF, 11 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.