# Accident 20080419836929A: Cessna 510, Carlsbad, CA, April 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2008, 10:12 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mc Clellan-Palomar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1281° N, 117.2800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1281&lon=-117.2800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54PV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 510
- Reported engine: PWC PW615FA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,498 total, 120 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080419836929A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 LAX08FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA117), Apr 19, 2008: Cessna 510 (N54PV), Carlsbad, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance, resulting in an overshoot of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to follow the Autopilot Preflight Test Fail checklist and…

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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