- Date
- October 30, 2000, 11:38 local (17:38 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3028GForney F1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20001030018229A
- Case key
- 50586
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Probable cause
the proper glide path not being maintained by the pilot which resulted in the proper touchdown point not being obtained during the approach. A factor to the accident was the rising embankment.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft landed short of the runway, impacting an embankment of an interstate. Inspection of the aircraft and its control systems failed to reveal any anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. Inspection of the aircraft engine, including the fuel system, failed to reveal any preexisting anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. Review of the aircraft logbooks revealed that the aircraft's last annual airworthiness inspection was on May 4, 1994. According to the pilot's written statement, the airplane was being flown to the Austin Municipal Airport to receive an annual airworthiness inspection. No additional narrative information was provided in the pilot's written statement.
Factual narrative
On October 30, 2000, at 1138 central standard time (cst), a Forney F1A, N3028G, owned and operated by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during an in-flight collision with the terrain while on approach to runway 18 ( 4,796 feet by 100 feet, dry/asphalt ) at the Austin Municipal Airport, Austin, Minnesota. Visual metrological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot, the sole occupant, reported minor injuries. The flight departed the Houston County Airport, Caledonia, Minnesota about 1000 cst.
Postaccident investigation revealed that the aircraft had landed approximately 500-feet short of runway 18 and impacted an embankment of Interstate I-90. Inspection of the aircraft and its control systems failed to reveal any anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. Inspection of the aircraft engine, including the fuel system, failed to reveal any preexisting anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. Review of the aircraft logbooks revealed that the aircraft's last annual airworthiness inspection was on May 4, 1994.
According to the pilot's written statement, the airplane was being flown to the Austin Municipal Airport to receive an annual airworthiness inspection. No additional narrative information was provided in the pilot's written statement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3028G
- Reported as
- Forney F1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5723
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Arvid Rollins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1994
- Departed
- CHU · Caledonia, MN
- Destination
- AUM
- Airport
- AUM · Austin Municipal Airport, runway 18, 4,796 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 131 °F, dew point 115 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3028G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.