# Incident 19980227004599I: Cessna R182, San Diego, CA, February 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1998, 17:06 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: N1710R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980227004599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 27, 1998, AT 1706 LOCAL TIME, N1710R, A CESSNA 182, LANDED IN THE MUD SHORT OF RUNWAY 26 LEFT AT BROWN FIELD (SDM), SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. A FEMALE PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT BUMPED HER HEAD DURING THE RAPID DECELERATION OF THE LANDING. SHE WAS EXAMINED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND LEFT THE SCENE ON HER OWN WILL. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING DURING A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE REPORTING INSPECTOR. HE HAD DEPARTED ENCINETOS, MEXICO WITH HIS 3 PASSENGERS BOUND FOR SDM TO CLEAR U.S. CUSTOMS & IMMIGRATIONS. ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS WAS A RETIRED B-747 PILOT WHO OCCUPIED THE FORWARD RIGHT SEAT. THIS WAS A FLIGHT OF TWO AIRCRAFT, THE INCIDENT CESSNA WAS FLYING APPROXIMATELY A 1/2 MILE IN TRAIL OF A BEECHCRAFT MODEL-35 BONANZA. THE BEECHCRAFT WAS CLEARED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON RUNWAY 26R AT SDM. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL GAVE THE CESSNA STANDARD ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR AIRCRAFT COMING FROM MEXICO, WHICH WAS TO CROSS MID-FIELD AND ENTER A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 26R. THE PILOT WAS ENTERING THE DOWNWIND, WHEN AN ARRIVING HAWKER JET AIRCRAFT MADE A RADIO TRANSMISSION THAT IT WAS ENTERING THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA FROM THE WEST. IT SH OULD BE NOTED THAT THE SUN CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE NOT FAVORABLE DUE TO THE BRIGHT GLARE THAT WAS IN THE EYES OF LANDING PILOTS FOR RUNWAY 26L&R. THE CESSNA PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE OVER AND LAND ON RUNWAY 26L, DUE TO THE ARRIVING HAWKER AIRCRAFT. BOTH PILOTS ON BOARD THE CESSNA LOOKED FOR THE TRAFFIC, BUT WERE UNABLE TO SEE IT DUE TO THE SUN BEING IN THEIR EYES. THE CESSNA PILOT THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ALIGNED WITH THE LEFT RUNWAY, INSTEAD HE LANDED ON A FLAT DIRT (WET) CONSTRUCTION AREA SHORT OF TAXIWAY "A". THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A RAPID STOP, STUCK IN MUD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A BENT PROPELLER BLADE AND VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE TWO PILOTS WHO WERE ON BOARD THE CESSNA, AND THE BEECHCRAFT PILOT WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THE LANDING CONDITIONS WERE NOT FAVORABLE DUE TO THE TIME OF DAY, AND POSITION OF THE SUN IN RELATION TO THE RUNWAYS THAT WERE IN USE. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC.

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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