Swearingen SA226TC N162WA

Summary

On 9 November 2004 at about 11:20 local time, a Swearingen SA226TC registered N162WA, operated by Transportation Syatems Inc, was involved in an accident near Boise, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 November 2004 at 11:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Boise, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Boise Air Terminal /Gowen Fld/ (BOI)

Coordinates

43.5644, -116.2228

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226TC

Registration

N162WA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Transportation Syatems Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Boise

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA05LA014

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain the required glidepath, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance after visual contact with the runway during the instrument approach.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a night instrument landing system (ILS) approach to minimums, the airplane collided with the runways approach lighting system. In a written report the pilot stated that during the transition from instruments to visual references he "apparently went below the glide slope and took out two approach lights." The weather conditions recorded 16 minutes after the time of the accident were: visibility 1/4 statute mile in fog; scattered clouds at 100 feet AGL (above ground level); overcast skies at 600 feet AGL. The published decision height/altitude for the straight-in ILS runway 10R approach at Boise is 3,036 feet above mean sea level (200 feet AGL). The published minimum visibility for a straight-in ILS approach is 1/2 mile or an RVR of 1,800 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.