ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364379
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| Date: | Sunday 13 October 1991 |
| Time: | 18:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9342X |
| MSN: | 18253742 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4873 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pinson, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT AUTOMOBILES HAD PARKED NEAR THE RUNWAY WITH THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON AND HAD DISTORTED HIS VISION OF THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT LANDING LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED SEVERAL TIMES, AND HE HAD BECOME DISTRACTED WHILE TRYING TO KEEP THE LANDING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD LANDED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE TERRAIN ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WAS UNEVEN, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE TRAVELING OVER THE ROUGH TERRAIN.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO VISUALLY DETECT AND ATTAIN PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL92LA005
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 14:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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