- Date
- February 8, 2016, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Beach, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6951ECessna 175
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area undershoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20160208000999A
- Case key
- 92695
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an approach angle of descent to avoid obstacles, resulting in the airplane striking the airport perimeter fence.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, during approach, the airplane encountered a wind gust and the landing gear struck the top of the airport's perimeter fence. The airplane flipped over and slid to a stop. According to the airport facility directory the fence was in excess of 200 feet from the approach end of the runway which was 3,237 feet in length. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the rudder and the vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airplane prior to or during the flight that would have prevented normal flight operation. There weren't any wind reporting facilities at the airport.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, during approach, the airplane encountered a wind gust and the landing gear struck the top of the airport's perimeter fence. The airplane flipped over and slid to a stop. According to the airport facility directory the fence was in excess of 200 feet from the approach end of the runway which was 3,237 feet in length. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the rudder and the vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airplane prior to or during the flight that would have prevented normal flight operation. There weren't any wind reporting facilities at the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6951E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175 (A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56451
- Built
- 1960
- Airframe hours
- 2,005.47
- Engine
- Continental Motor GO-300, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel R. Harrison
- Registered owner
- Daniel R. Harrison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 2016
- Departed
- CEC · Crescent City, CA
- Destination
- 4S1 · Gold Beach, OR
- Airport
- 4S1 · Gold Beach Muni, runway 16, 3,237 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 16, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 1,304 total · 18.7 in this make and model · 1,304 as pilot in command · 7.6 in the last 90 days · 3.9 in the last 30 days · 1.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KBOK, 22 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 14, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.