# Accident 20220416005459A: Priester Austin GLASAIR SUPER IIS-TD, Oxnard, CA, April 16, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2022, 09:56 local time
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Airport: Oxnard Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1151° N, 119.1037° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1151&lon=-119.1037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90YY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90YY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Priester Austin GLASAIR SUPER IIS-TD (registry code 05639Q3, https://openairdocs.org/model/priester-austin-glasair-super-iis-td) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PRIESTER AUSTIN GLASAIR SUPER IIS-TD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,081 total, 91 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220416005459A

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 25R, PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A WIND SHEAR, AND LOST ALTITUDE. PILOT THEN TRIED REGAINING ALTITUDE, WHEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK A RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHTING FIXTURE, REDUCING AIRCRAFT SPEED, AND CHANGING ITS DIRECTION. PILOT TRIED MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AS THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND, SHORT OF RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND SKIDDED TO A STOP UNTO THE RUNWAY. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXITED AIRCRAFT UNAIDED AND UNINJURED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES TO LEFT WING, UNDERCARRIAGE, FUSELAGE, PROPELLER, LANDING GEARS, ENGINE COWLS, A BENT TAIL, AND RUPTURED LEFT WING FUEL TANK.

## 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 WPR22LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA153), Apr 16, 2022: Stoddard Hamilton Glasair Super II (N90YY), Oxnard, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while on final approach, which resulted in a collision with a runway approach light.

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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