- Date
- September 4, 2019, 23:30 local (Sep 5, 2019, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2408QCessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area undershoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190904012459A
- Case key
- 100200
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper approach path at night and his misjudgment of the landing point, which resulted in landing short of the runway and impact with the runway's engineered materials arrestor system.
Findings · 8
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
The pilot reported that, while performing landings for night currency, he misjudged the approach, and the airplane landed short of the runway and then impacted the engineered materials arrestor system, which was about 370 ft lower than the approach end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Archived NOTAMs for the date of the accident reported that the runway's visual approach slope indicator and end lighting were out of service.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, while performing landings for night currency, he misjudged the approach and the airplane landed short on the engineered materials arrestor system prior to the runway threshold. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The approach end of the runway is near the edge of a plateau upon which the airport sits with rising terrain leading up to the approach end of the runway. The terrain prior to the runway is about 370 ft lower than the approach end of the runway. Archived Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) for the date of the accident stated that: RWY 05 VASI OUT OF SERVICE RUNWAY 05 RWY END ID LGT OUT OF SERVICE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2408Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (J)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257608
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 4,402.5
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 2019
- Departed
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Destination
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Airport
- CRW · Yeager, runway 05, 6,715 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- 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
- 77
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- July 24, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,342 total · 1,754 in this make and model · 2,137 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 10° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KCRW, 1 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 30, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.8 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.