Cessna 182M N70967

Summary

On 28 November 1996 at about 02:30 local time, a Cessna 182M registered N70967, operated by Benbow Aviation, was involved in an accident near Fallbrook, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 November 1996 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Fallbrook, California, United States

Nearest airport

Fallbrook Comm. Airpark (L18)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182M

Registration

N70967

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Benbow Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Torrance → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX97LA062

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's selection of a runway with a tailwind component and his maintaining an excessive airspeed on final approach, which resulted in a late touchdown and a high ground speed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot said that after going around from his first landing attempt on the 2,160-foot-long runway because his airspeed was too high on short final, he then remained in the traffic pattern to make another landing attempt. He reported that on his subsequent landing attempt, he was again high and reduced the power to idle. The aircraft then developed a high sink rate with a slow airspeed and the pilot added power. The pilot was unable to stop the aircraft on the remaining runway and the aircraft overran the pavement end, proceeded down a hill, and collided with a ditch. The closest official aviation weather reporting station noted winds from 310 degrees at 6 knots. Based upon this weather report, the aircraft had a computed 4-knot tailwind during the attempted landing on runway 18. Airport personnel reported in a telephone interview that the windsock was 'faded but not torn' on the night the accident occurred. Further, they stated that at night the wind sock is lighted; however, the free moving tetrahedron is not lighted, even when the pilot controlled runway lighting is activated.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.