Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Reno-Cannon International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Reno, Nevada 89510
Tuesady, September 6, 1994 18:44 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE COURIER PILOT WAS INBOUND FOR RUNWAY 25 AT RENO, NEVADA. HE WAS NUMBER TWO FOR LANDING AND HIS TRAFFIC WAS A BOEING 727 INBOUND FOR RUNWAY 16L. HE WAS REQUESTED TO SLOW FOR SPACING AND HAD THE TRAFFIC IN SIGHT. THE CONTROLLER SUGGESTED A TURN FOR SPACING AND THE PILOT SAID THAT HE HAD ALREADY 'SLOWED QUITE A BIT.' THE CONTROLLER AGAIN REQUESTED THE PILOT TO REDUCE TO SLOWEST PRACTICAL AIRSPEED. THE PILOT STATED 'OK WE'RE SLOWING IT DOWN NOW.' AFTERWARDS, THE PILOT WAS TOLD TO GO-AROUND AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED. HE WAS THEN GIVEN A RIGHT TURN AND CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25. DURING THE RIGHT MANEUVERING TURN OVER THE CENTER OF THE AIRPORT, THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PILOT IF HE HAD A PROBLEM TO WHICH THE PILOT ANSWERED 'YES I DO.' ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER, THE PILOT STATED THAT 'I'M GOING TO CRASH.' WITNESSES STATED THAT THE GO-AROUND APPEARED TO BE AT A SLOW AIRSPEED WITH THE AIRPLANE WALLOWING BACK AND FORTH. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER AN AIRLINE TERMINAL CONCOURSE THE LANDING GEAR REPORTEDLY STARTED TO RETRACT. AT THE SAME TIME THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT FROM ABOUT 150 FEET AND IMPACTED ON THE JETWAY RAMP NEXT TO THE TERMINAL. THE PILOT DID NOT STATE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, NOR WAS THERE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOUND DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME, ENGINES, AND PROPELLERS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's failure to maintain minimum control airspeed.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/6/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1844 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | RENO |
| Event State | NEVADA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 89510 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | RENO-CANNON INTERNATIONAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | RNO |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 330 |
| Airport Elevation | 4412 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1755 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 160 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | RNO |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4412 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 40 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 320 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 11 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2074 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 5 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1115 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 12:15PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N1081Q |
| NTSB Number | LAX94FA355 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 310H |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 310H |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 310H0081 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5100 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Dec 1 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 156 |
| Airframe Hours | 5425 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BLUE SKY UNLIMITED, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 3 CHRISTIANA CTR 201 WALNUT |
| Aircraft Owner City | WILMINGTON |
| Aircraft Owner State | DE |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 19801 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | COPPER STATE AIR SERVICE, INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 2146 W. ISABELLA, STE. 201 |
| Operator City | MESA |
| Operator State | AZ |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 85202 |
| Operator Code | EJB |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | EKO |
| Departure City | ELKO |
| Departure State | NV |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1731 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | RNO |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 19 2001 5:00PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 25 |
| Runway Length | 6101 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |