# Accident 20170926021789A: Cessna 182P, San Diego, CA, September 26, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2017, 02:35 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9346G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9346G-2021-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 796 total, 754 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170926021789A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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