What happened
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(-23) Pilot under shot runway causing aircraft to land short at Jean, Nevada. Pilot statement: I was the pilot of the Grob G103 N4426F when it landed short of rwy 20L on September 9, 2006 5:00 pm. The winds were out of the southwest fairly steady estimated to be about 10 knots. I took a tow to 2.0. The flight lasted 20 minutes all in the local area. There was good lift. This was my fourth flight of the day in that airplane. The flight was routine until the approach to final. I flew the same downwind pattern as the previous three flights. I picked up some lift on downwind and was slightly high before turning base. I carried medium spoiler during the initial part of the approach beginning just before turning to base. The site picture looked nominal and I was over the same ground cues as the first three approaches. I turned base at the intersection of prison road and the railroad where I had done for the previous approaches that day. I turned final for 20L. The altitude was good and the site picture was also nominal but I noted that I had picked up a bit more sink than I wanted. I reduced the spoilers, but did not stow the, to slow the descent, and was initially satisfied with the result. The rate of descent slowed. I checked the airspeed and it was at my target of sixty knots. Things looked normal. My site picture showed me starting to go low on the approach. I reduced spoilers a bit more but the sink below the glide path continued. I closed the spoilers, noted my airspeed was still sixty knots. The variometer now showed a higher rate somewhere around 1000 ft/minute; the needle was pointing straight down. At that point I realized I was in trouble. I rechecked my spoilers retracted and began to consider options. I knew I was going to land short. I saw the ditch that lies across the approach path and initially thought I would make it across. I tried to extend the flare to cross the ditch but the airspeed was now down to 50 and slowing, so I began a roll on landing. Seconds later my path crossed the ditch. I was hoping for enough speed to carry me across and pulled the stick back. However, the nose wheel hit hard the FAR side of the ditch and the aircraft continued across. I applied brakes and came to a stop. I checked that my passenger was ok; he was. I called glider ops and advised them I had landed short.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT UNDER SHOT RUNWAY CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LAND SHORT AT JEAN, NEVADA. PILOT STATEMENT: I WAS THE PILOT OF THE GROB G103 N4426F WHEN IT LANDED SHORT OF RWY 20L ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2006 5:00 PM. THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST FAIRLY STEADY ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 10 KNOTS. I TOOK A TOW TO 2.0. THE FLIGHT LASTED 20 MINUTES ALL IN THE LOCAL AREA. THERE WAS GOOD LIFT. THIS WAS MY FOURTH FLIGHT OF THE DAY IN THAT AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT WAS ROUTINE UNTIL THE APPROACH TO FINAL. I FLEW THE SAME DOWNWIND PATTERN AS THE PREVIOUS THREE FLIGHTS. I PICKED UP SOME LIFT ON DOWNWIND AND WAS SLIGHTLY HIGH BEFORE TURNING BASE. I CARRIED MEDIUM SPOILER DURING THE INITIAL PART OF THE APPROACH BEGINNING JUST BEFORE TURNING TO BASE. THE SITE PICTURE LOOKED NOMINAL AND I WAS OVER THE SAME GROUND CUES AS THE FIRST THREE APPROACHES. I TURNED BASE AT THE INTERSECTION OF PRISON ROAD AND THE RAILROAD WHERE I HAD DONE FOR THE PREVIOUS APPROACHES THAT DAY. I TURNED FINAL FOR 20L. THE ALTITUDE WAS GOOD AND THE SITE PICTURE WAS ALSO NOMINAL BUT I NOTED THAT I HAD PICKED UP A BIT MORE SINK THAN I WANTED. I REDUCED THE SPOILERS, BUT DID NOT STOW THE, TO SLOW THE DESCENT, AND WAS INITIALLY SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT. THE RATE OF DESCENT SLOWED. I CHECKED THE AIRSPEED AND IT WAS AT MY TARGET OF SIXTY KNOTS. THINGS LOOKED NORMAL. MY SITE PICTURE SHOWED ME STARTING TO GO LOW ON THE APPROACH. I REDUCED SPOILERS A BIT MORE BUT THE SINK BELOW THE GLIDE PATH CONTINUED. I CLOSED THE SPOILERS, NOTED MY AIRSPEED WAS STILL SIXTY KNOTS. THE VARIOMETER NOW SHOWED A HIGHER RATE SOMEWHERE AROUND 1000 FT/MINUTE; THE NEEDLE WAS POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN. AT THAT POINT I REALIZED I WAS IN TROUBLE. I RECHECKED MY SPOILERS RETRACTED AND BEGAN TO CONSIDER OPTIONS. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO LAND SHORT. I SAW THE DITCH THAT LIES ACROSS THE APPROACH PATH AND INITIALLY THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE IT ACROSS. I TRIED TO EXTEND THE FLARE TO CROSS THE DITCH BUT THE AIRSPEED WAS NOW DOWN TO 50 AND SLOWING, SO I BEGAN A ROLL ON LANDING. SECONDS LATER MY PATH CROSSED THE DITCH. I WAS HOPING FOR ENOUGH SPEED TO CARRY ME ACROSS AND PULLED THE STICK BACK. HOWEVER, THE NOSE WHEEL HIT HARD THE FAR SIDE OF THE DITCH AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS. I APPLIED BRAKES AND CAME TO A STOP. I CHECKED THAT MY PASSENGER WAS OK; HE WAS. I CALLED GLIDER OPS AND ADVISED THEM I HAD LANDED SHORT.