What happened
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(-23) While on an ift flight from lincoln, California (klhm) to Carlsbad, California, the subject aircraft experienced multiple systems anomalies or failures. The pilot said that after passing avenal VOR the copilot side pdf began "flickering badly", followed in fairly quick succession by failures of the electric pitch trim and the autopilot. The failures occurred in VMC conditions, and the pilot elected to continue the flight to crq. The pilot was briefly in IMC conditions, during the descent from about 5000 feet to about 2600, during the ILS approach to crq. Once clear of the overcast, he made a visual approach to runway 24. He said he was above the glideslope, and right of the localizer, when he initially descended below the overcast. The pilot said that he crossed the runway threshold, on the glidesclope, but about fifteen knots above vref speed. The pilot landed long, with less than one-thousand feet of runway remaining (4897 ft of usable runway) to stop. Realizing he was too fast to stop in the remaining runway, and too slow to execute a takeoff or go-around from that point, the pilot executed a deliberate ground-loop maneuver in an attempt to keep the aircraft from going off the end of the runway. The aircraft went off the left side of the runway, less than 300 feet from the taxiway A5 exit, rotated about 180 degrees, and came to rest off the runway, facing northeast, approximately 100 feet south of runway centerline,and abeam the end of runway 06. The aircraft was substantially damaged. There were no injuries to the pilot, or three passengers.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE ON AN IFT FLIGHT FROM LINCOLN, CALIFORNIA (KLHM) TO CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE SYSTEMS ANOMALIES OR FAILURES. THE PILOT SAID THAT AFTER PASSING AVENAL VOR THE COPILOT SIDE PDF BEGAN "FLICKERING BADLY", FOLLOWED IN FAIRLY QUICK SUCCESSION BY FAILURES OF THE ELECTRIC PITCH TRIM AND THE AUTOPILOT. THE FAILURES OCCURRED IN VMC CONDITIONS, AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT TO CRQ. THE PILOT WAS BRIEFLY IN IMC CONDITIONS, DURING THE DESCENT FROM ABOUT 5000 FEET TO ABOUT 2600, DURING THE ILS APPROACH TO CRQ. ONCE CLEAR OF THE OVERCAST, HE MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24. HE SAID HE WAS ABOVE THE GLIDESLOPE, AND RIGHT OF THE LOCALIZER, WHEN HE INITIALLY DESCENDED BELOW THE OVERCAST. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE CROSSED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, ON THE GLIDESCLOPE, BUT ABOUT FIFTEEN KNOTS ABOVE VREF SPEED. THE PILOT LANDED LONG, WITH LESS THAN ONE-THOUSAND FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING (4897 FT OF USABLE RUNWAY) TO STOP. REALIZING HE WAS TOO FAST TO STOP IN THE REMAINING RUNWAY, AND TOO SLOW TO EXECUTE A TAKEOFF OR GO-AROUND FROM THAT POINT, THE PILOT EXECUTED A DELIBERATE GROUND-LOOP MANEUVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, LESS THAN 300 FEET FROM THE TAXIWAY A5 EXIT, ROTATED ABOUT 180 DEGREES, AND CAME TO REST OFF THE RUNWAY, FACING NORTHEAST, APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET SOUTH OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE,AND ABEAM THE END OF RUNWAY 06. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, OR THREE PASSENGERS.
NTSB investigation
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