ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360942
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Date: | Saturday 8 January 1994 |
Time: | 10:45 LT |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander |
Owner/operator: | Channel Islands Aviation |
Registration: | N55JA |
MSN: | 295 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9600 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Santa Rosa Isl, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Camarillo, CA (KCMA) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PART 135 AIR TAXI FLIGHT TO AN ISLAND. THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON A DIRT AIRSTRIP THAT WAS ABOUT 2,600 FEET LONG AND 30 FEET WIDE. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT REPORTED EXPERIENCING A DOWNDRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ABOUT 10 FEET SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE WING, TO WHICH THE LANDING GEAR IS ATTACHED, RECEIVED DAMAGE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF ABOUT 2 1/2 FEET OF THE REAR SPAR.
Probable Cause: A FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDE PATH TO THE RUNWAY AND HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF THE TOUCHDOWN POINT THAT RESULTED IN AN UNDERSHOOT AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX94LA111 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94LA111
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