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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182P · San Diego, CA · September 26, 2017

Date
September 26, 2017 · 02:35 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Brown Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9346G
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
796 total754 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot made an approach to Brown Field at about 2:30 in the morning. The weather conditions were calm winds, clear, with patches of fog. According to the pilot, on approach had the runway lights in sight, suddenly he said that the runway lights went off, he aborted landing in the middle of runway 26. He went around for another approach, turned the runway lights on and proceeded on a circle to land approach. As he was making the turn to short final, the aircraft got into a heavy band of fog. He was at a lower altitude for the approach he was making approximately a 1/4 of a mile off runway 26, the left wing hit the soft dirt, the aircraft sort of cartwheeled ripped the left gear and left strut and flipped the aircraft. The pilot and occupants exited the heavily damaged aircraft, there was no fire.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT MADE AN APPROACH TO BROWN FIELD AT ABOUT 2:30 IN THE MORNING. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CALM WINDS, CLEAR, WITH PATCHES OF FOG. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON APPROACH HAD THE RUNWAY LIGHTS IN SIGHT, SUDDENLY HE SAID THAT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WENT OFF, HE ABORTED LANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF RUNWAY 26. HE WENT AROUND FOR ANOTHER APPROACH, TURNED THE RUNWAY LIGHTS ON AND PROCEEDED ON A CIRCLE TO LAND APPROACH. AS HE WAS MAKING THE TURN TO SHORT FINAL, THE AIRCRAFT GOT INTO A HEAVY BAND OF FOG. HE WAS AT A LOWER ALTITUDE FOR THE APPROACH HE WAS MAKING APPROXIMATELY A 1/4 OF A MILE OFF RUNWAY 26, THE LEFT WING HIT THE SOFT DIRT, THE AIRCRAFT SORT OF CARTWHEELED RIPPED THE LEFT GEAR AND LEFT STRUT AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND OCCUPANTS EXITED THE HEAVILY DAMAGED AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS NO FIRE.