Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Houston, Texas 77024
Friday, May 2, 1986 5:17 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DRG NGT VISUAL APCH, PLT ENCTRD DTRTG WX, GOT VECTORS FOR ILS RWY 8 APCH, WAS CLRD FOR APCH AT 0511 CDT. ON FINAL APCH, HE NOTED HIS #1 & #2 ILS'S GIVING ERRATIC LOC & G/S INFO (BUT FUNCTIONING) & THAT HIS LOC COURSE DEVIATION INFO DIDN'T AGREE WITH ADF, BUT HE CONTD APCH. AT 0512, HE HEARD ANOTHER FLT (LNDG ON RWY 14L) RPRT BRKG OUT OF CLDS AT MINS (200' AGL). AT 0513, THE PLT WAS ADZD THE LATEST WX WAS: 200' BRKN, VIS 3 MI. WHILE THE PLT WAS INTERPRETING INSTRUMENTS, THE ACFT BRK OUT OF CLDS & HIT TREES APRX 3/4 MI LEFT OF COURSE, THEN CRASHED & BURNED. ARPT HAD ILS'S FOR RWYS 8 & 26 (WITHDIFFERENT IDENTIFIERS) THAT USED SAME X-MITTER & FREQ FOR THE LOC. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE X-MITTER WAS SET FOR RWY 26 & THE PLT DIDN'T ID THE SIGNAL. FLT CHK SHOWED ILS WLD HAVE PROVIDED A USABLE SIGNAL IN THAT CONFIGURATION, BUT WITH BACK COURSE (REVERSE) LOC SENSING COMMANDS. TWR CTLR THOUGHT ILS WAS SET FOR RWY 8, BUT DIDN'T RECALL CHGG IT FM RWY 26. ATISHADN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 0011 CDT. 0529 WX: 100' OVC, 3/4 MI VIS WITH FOG (1/4 MI VIS AT TWR). ATCT SUPV NOT IN TWR CAB
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/2/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 517 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | HOUSTON |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 77024 |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | IAH |
| 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 | 98 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 529 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 180 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | IAH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 98 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 200 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Partial Obscuration |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 800 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 19 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 10 |
| 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) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2625 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 2 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 730 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 33861 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:14AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N69668 |
| NTSB Number | FTW86MA074 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 310Q |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 310Q |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 310Q-0842 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5300 |
| 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 | Mar 29 1986 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 68 |
| Airframe Hours | 2566 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | JOHN W. MORLEY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 9411 COUNTRY CREEK DR. |
| Aircraft Owner City | HOUSTON |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 77015 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CANFIELD AVIATION,INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 7750 AIRPORT BLVD. |
| Operator City | HOUSTON |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 77061 |
| Operator Code | LCLA |
| 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 | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | AXH |
| Departure City | ARCOLA |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | IAH |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 8 |
| Runway Length | 9401 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |