32.5723° N, 116.9802° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 14, 1985 · 00:20 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Brown
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4101Q
Reported as
Cessna 310N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total750 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost visual reference abeam numbers. Turned to align with runway and avoid fog bank and flew into ground.
As the FAA filed it
LOST VISUAL REFERENCE ABEAM NUMBERS. TURNED TO ALIGN WITH RUNWAY AND AVOID FOG BANK AND FLEW INTO GROUND.