ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227988
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 November 2017 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Rockwell Commander 112 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N690RU |
| MSN: | 33 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3692 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Westminister, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Baltimore, MD (MTN) |
| Martinsburg, WV (MRB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported that, during the cross-country flight, he thought that the airplane had experienced an electrical failure, and he chose to divert to an airport. During final approach to the diversion airport, the student descended the airplane too low and then attempted to correct it by increasing engine power. Subsequently, the airplane impacted a grassy area just before the runway, which resulted in all three landing gear separating.
Examination of the wreckage revealed that the electrical system was functional but that an avionics panel had failed. The failed avionics panel likely distracted the student pilot and led to his failure to maintain a proper glidepath during the approach, which resulted in the runway undershoot. The student reported that there were no other preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath during the approach due to his distraction by the failure of an avionics panel, which resulted in a runway undershoot.
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Aug-2019 11:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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