Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | miércoles 22 marzo 1995 |
Hora: | 08:12 |
Tipo: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
Operador: | Union Flights |
Registración: | N9417B |
Numéro de série: | 208B0065 |
Año de Construcción: | 1987 |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 4959 |
Motores: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Reno, NV ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 1851 m (6073 feet) amsl |
Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Carga |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Sacramento Metropolitan Airport, CA (SMF/KSMF), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV (RNO/KRNO), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:Approaching Reno (RNO), the pilot received an instrument clearance to perform a Localizer DME-1, runway 16R, approach, which the FAA had previously approved for the operator's use. The localizer centreline passed over a 6,161-foot (1885 m) msl mountain, which was depicted on the chart. The pilot was familiar with the area, having transported cargo from Sacramento to Reno for 5 days each week since December, 1994. IMC existed and light snow showers were present. ATC issued the pilot a series of instructions as he was radar vectored toward the final approach fix (FAF), which had a minimum crossing altitude of 6,700 feet (2050 m) msl. The pilot misstated four of the instructions during clearance read backs and was corrected by ATC each time. Contact with the pilot was lost following issuance of his landing clearance. The airplane impacted the mountainside at an elevation of about 6,050 feet (1851 m), while tracking inbound near the centreline of the localizer course, about 2.7 nautical miles before reaching the FAF.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to comply with published instrument approach procedures by a premature descent below the minimum altitude specified for the approach. "
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months | Accident number: | LAX95FA141 | Download report: | Summary report
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Fuentes:
» NTSB id LAX95FA141
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
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Distance from Sacramento Metropolitan Airport, CA to Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV as the crow flies is 180 km (112 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.