What happened
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10/17/98 At 13:51 PDT: landed long, attempted to takeoff with insufficient power and went off the end of the runway, struck a cyclone fence, located across the street from the end of the airport runway, with the landing gear. The aircraft then struck the top of a water treatment shed approximately fifty feet northwest of the fence then struck and demolished a small storage shed approximately fifty feet northwest of the water treatment shed. The aircraft then impacted the side of the rocky cliffs and plunged into the sea below. As of 10/19/98 at 7:24 PDT.: the aircraft is submerged in approximately 40 feet of water, the tides are rough and the aircraft has not been recovered. One body was observed floating but has not been recovered. (.4)two airplanes were being flown to the airport. The first airplane landed and the occupants watched the second airplane approach. The pilot of the first airplane commented that the second airplane was coming down too steep and fast to land. Witnesses stated the second airplane landed past the halfway point of the 3,400 foot runway at a high speed. A passenger from the first airplane noticed smoke from the tires after touchdown and thought it was the brakes being applied. Witnesses heard full power applied. The airplane struck a chain link fence on the airport perimeter during liftoff, shearing the nose landing gear off. The airplane then proceeded down a slope, struck a building and equipment, and came to rest on rocks on the opposite shore of a water inlet. After heavy wave action, the airplane subsequently sank in the turbulent water and was not recovered.
As the FAA filed it
10/17/98 AT 13:51 PDT: LANDED LONG, ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF WITH INSUFFICIENT POWER AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A CYCLONE FENCE, LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE END OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY, WITH THE LANDING GEAR.THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK THE TOP OF A WATER TREATMENT SHED APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET NORTHWEST OF THE FENCE THEN STRUCK AND DEMOLISHED A SMALL STORAGE SHED APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET NORTHWEST OF THE WATER TREATMENT SHED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE SIDE OF THE ROCKY CLIFFS AND PLUNGED INTO THE SEA BELOW. AS OF 10/19/98 AT 7:24 PDT.: THE AIRCRAFT IS SUBMERGED IN APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET OF WATER, THE TIDES ARE ROUGH AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED. ONE BODY WAS OBSERVED FLOATING BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED. (.4)TWO AIRPLANES WERE BEING FLOWN TO THE AIRPORT. THE FIRST AIRPLANE LANDED AND THE OCCUPANTS WATCHED THE SECOND AIRPLANE APPROACH. THE PILOT OF THE FIRST AIRPLANE COMMENTED THAT THE SECOND AIRPLANE WAS COMING DOWN TOO STEEP AND FAST TO LAND. WITNESSES STATED THE SECOND AIRPLANE LANDED PAST THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE 3,400 FOOT RUNWAY AT A HIGH SPEED. A PASSENGER FROM THE FIRST AIRPLANE NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE TIRES AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKES BEING APPLIED. WITNESSES HEARD FULL POWER APPLIED. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A CHAIN LINK FENCE ON THE AIRPORT PERIMETER DURING LIFTOFF, SHEARING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OFF. THE AIRPLANE THEN PROCEEDED DOWN A SLOPE, STRUCK A BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT, AND CAME TO REST ON ROCKS ON THE OPPOSITE SHORE OF A WATER INLET. AFTER HEAVY WAVE ACTION, THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY SANK IN THE TURBULENT WATER AND WAS NOT RECOVERED.
NTSB investigation
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