ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227222
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| Date: | Monday 15 July 2019 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Stoddard Hamilton GlaStar |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N345BP |
| MSN: | WBS1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East of Lompoc Airport (KLPC), Lompoc, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lompoc Airport, CA (LPC/KLPC) |
| Lompoc Airport, CA (LPC/KLPC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while on the base leg for his third nighttime landing, the runway lights turned off. Despite his failed attempts to turn on the runway lights, he completed his base to final turn about 200 ft above ground level. With the runway lights not illuminated, he decided to use the blue taxiway lights parallel to the runway as his reference to land. While on final approach, the airplane struck a tree and impacted the ground inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the engine or airframe that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath during a night landing, which resulted in impact with a tree.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=345BP
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2019 17:03 | Geno | Added |
| 16-Jul-2019 17:22 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2020 07:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 09-Aug-2020 11:59 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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