San Antonio International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

San Antonio, Texas 78216
Friday, March 3, 1989 2:45 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE AIRPLANE HAD MADE ONE APPROACH, FOLLOWED BY A MISSED APPROACH DURING A DARK NIGHT WITH LOW CEILINGS AND LOW VISIBILITY. DURING THE NEXT APPROACH THE AIRPLANE WAS HIGH ON THE GLIDE SLOPE AND TOUCHED DOWN FAST AND LONG. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE TERRAIN 300 FEET PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A SECOND TIME 115 FEET FURTHER DOWN, THEN FLEW INTO THE ILS LOCALIZER. PART OF THE LEFT WING BURNED. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES BY NOT FOLLOWING THE GLIDESLOPE WHICH RESULTED IN NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/3/1989
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 245
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City SAN ANTONIO
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 78216
Event Date Year 1989
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID SAT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 809
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 255 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID SAT
Elevation of weather observation facility 809
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 100
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Obscured
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 14
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 150
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 50
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Mar 3 1989 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 305
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 38028
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:31PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5999M
NTSB Number FTW89LA062
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 421B
Aircraft Series Identifier 421B
Aircraft Serial Number 0242
Certified Max Gross Weight 7450
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 7
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Apr 6 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 53
Airframe Hours 2897
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name OLDENBURG, C.M.
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT. 1, STATE ROAD 800
Aircraft Owner City JERSULALEM
Aircraft Owner State OH
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 43737
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
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 --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code MEM
Departure City MEMPHIS
Departure State TN
Departure Country
Departure Time 2245
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code SAT
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 30
Runway Length 8502
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --