- Date
- May 16, 2002, 18:24 local (May 17, 2002, 01:24 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9031UCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020516010719A
- Case key
- 54733
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to apply continuous brake pressure. Sun glare is a contributing factor.
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 plane overran the runway after making a full-stop landing. The pilot was intending to do touch-and-go landings, but decided to make his landing a full-stop due to the glare from the sun. After he touched down, the glare from the sun was so intense he had to move up in the seat, slipping his feet off the rudder pedals. He couldn't stop the airplane and ran off the end of the runway into a light pole.
Factual narrative
On May 16, 2002, at 1824 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N9031U, overran the runway after landing at Montgomery Field, San Diego, California. Blue Sky Aero Club, Inc., was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal local flight departed Montgomery about 1800. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot stated that he was intending to do touch-and-go landings, but decided to make his landing a full-stop due to the glare from the sun. After he touched down, the glare from the sun was so intense he had to move up in the seat, slipping his feet off the rudder pedals. He couldn't stop the airplane and ran off the end of the runway into a light pole, which resulted in substantial damage to the wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9031U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265445
- Airframe hours
- 4,717
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blue Sky Aero Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 2002 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Airport
- MXF · Montgomery Field, runway 280, 4,577 × 150 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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- October 14, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 843 total · 411 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- MYF
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 19, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 347 KB 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.