- Date
- October 28, 2003, 16:26 local (Oct 29, 2003, 00:26 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6674BCessna 310C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20031028036309A
- Case key
- 58259
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed on the approach resulting in an overrun.
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 long, overran the departure end of the runway, and collided with an airport perimeter fence. On final approach the pilot executed a go-around because he was not properly aligned with the active runway. The pilot said that on the second approach he "landed long and too fast," overran the departure end of the runway and collided with the airport perimeter fence. The pilot said there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On October 28, 2003, at 1626 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 310C, N6674B, landed long and collided with the airport perimeter fence at the departure end of runway 12 at the Whiteman Airport (WHP), Los Angeles, California. The pilot operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot/owner, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight that departed the North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), North Las Vegas, Nevada, at 1430. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed. The scheduled destination was WHP.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector interviewed the pilot. The flight was on the VOR-A approach into WHP. On final approach tower personnel advised him that he was lined up to land on the grass. The pilot executed a go-around. On the second approach he "landed long and too fast." The airplane collided with the airport perimeter fence. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
The FAA inspector noted skid marks on the runway, as well as, bald spots on the tires.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6674B
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35774
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Omer Bilge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 2003 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- WHP · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- WHP · Whiteman, runway 12, 4,120 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- February 3, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 650 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.