ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217959
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| Date: | Friday 16 November 2018 |
| Time: | 16:46 LT |
| Type: |  Zenith Zodiac CH-601XL |
| Owner/operator: | Lynch Jay A |
| Registration: | N322JL |
| MSN: | 5957 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Engine model: | Jabiru 3300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mogollon Airpark (AZ82), Overgaard, Navajo County, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lake Havasu City Airport, AZ (KHII) |
| Overgaard, AZ (AZ82) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and pilot-rated passenger were completing the second leg of a multileg flight. Flight data indicated that the final approach was below the glideslope for the runway and the airplane's airspeed was above the stall limit. During the approach, the airplane impacted a tall tree about 1,500 ft from the runway threshold, the roof of a house, and a second tree before coming to rest in a taxi area between houses. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Although the pilot should have been familiar with the runway characteristics given that he had a hangar near the airpark and had flown into the airpark before, it is likely that the upsloping runway and paved surfaces before the displaced threshold gave the pilot the visual illusion that the airplane was at a higher altitude than it actually was and that the pilot thus flew a lower approach. Although a visual approach path indicator was positioned left of the runway threshold, the pilot likely did not monitor the indicator during the final approach.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to monitor the airport's visual approach path indicator during the final approach to the upsloping runway, which resulted in a low approach path and impact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR19FA026
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=322JL
Location
Media:
USA, AZ - Officials identified the pilot and passenger who died after their small plane crashed into a Heber-Overgaard home Friday night. https://t.co/1WIHUufhhZ pic.twitter.com/s9iKfYhmvR
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 17 novembre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2018 01:48 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Nov-2018 20:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 17-Nov-2018 20:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Nov-2018 20:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Embed code] |
| 17-Nov-2018 21:48 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 18:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, Category, Accident report] |
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