# Incident 19911223062089I: Airshp AIRSHIP600, San Diego, CA, December 23, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1991, 15:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602SK-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airship Industries UK AIRSHIP 600 (registry code 3850101, https://openairdocs.org/model/airship-industries-uk-airship-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Porsche 930-67 (registry code 51003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/porsche-930-67) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRSHP AIRSHIP600
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,387 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911223062089I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BLIMP CAUGHT LANDING GEAR IN FENCE APPROACHING MOORING MAST. HAD HIGH SINK RATE AND ASYMETRICAL THRUST.

## Other reports on N602SK (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980428013899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980428013899I), Apr 28, 1998: Airshp AIRSHIP600 (N602SK), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 28, 1998, at approximately 1143 CST (1643 gmt), a airship industries model 600 airship N602SK operating as a 14 CFR 91 sight seeing and…
- [Accident 19900415013279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900415013279A), Apr 15, 1990: Airshp AIRSHIP600 (N602SK), Creswall, NC, Substantial damage. Both engines failed en route. Drifting, struck trees. Damaged landing in high wind. Ignition control units failed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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