# Accident 20031028036309A: Cessna 310C, Pacoima, CA, October 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2003, 16:26 local time
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2656° N, 118.4136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2656&lon=-118.4136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6674B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6674B-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,595 total, 650 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031028036309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT, ON RETURN FLIGHT FROM KVGT ON IFR FLT PLAN, MADE AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH WITH A CIRCLE TO LAND AT WHITEMAN AIRPORT RUNWAY 12 IN VFR CONDITIONS. FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND RESULTED IN A GO-AROUND INITIATED BY THE TOWER CONTROLLER BECAUSE AIRPLANE WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY (ALIGNED WITH UNIMPROVED AREA WEST OF RUNWAY). PILOT REENTERED RIGHT TRAFFIC. PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED OVERSHOT CENTERLINE LOST AIRPORT BECAUSE OF LOW ALTITUDE. TOWER GUIDED AIRCRAFT TO FINAL, AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL APPROACH SPEED, WENT THROUGH FENCE AT END OF RUNWAY ONTO STREET. ACCIDENT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA030), Oct 29, 2003: Cessna 310C (N6674B), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed on the approach resulting in an overrun.

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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