ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296848
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| Date: | Friday 2 August 2002 |
| Time: | 14:05 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182P Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Sacramento Aero Services, Inc. |
| Registration: | N8290G |
| MSN: | 18263362 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5021 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mokelumne Hill, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Auburn Municipal Airport, CA (AUN/KAUN) |
| Mokelumne Hill, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane collided with terrain short of the runway while landing at a private airstrip. The 1,100-foot-long runway has a 5- to 7-percent upgrade to the south. While making a left downwind approach for a short field landing, the pilot had selected 20 degrees of flaps. Just short of the runway, the airplane sank about 10 feet, and "one second" later, the airplane impacted a dirt bank 2 feet short of the north edge of the runway. The pilot stated that "more altitude on final, use of full flaps" could have prevented the accident. The pilot's operating handbook for the airplane calls for a 40-degree-flap setting on short field and normal landings. No mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane were reported prior to the mishap.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath and failure to follow the manufacturer's recommended flap setting of 40 degrees, which resulted in an undershoot short of the runway. Factors include the runway's upslope and short length, which likely created the visual illusion of being high during the approach.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX02LA244
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 11:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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