# NTSB LAX04LA030: Cessna 310C, N6674B, Los Angeles, CA, October 29, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 28, 2003, 16:26 local (Oct 29, 2003, 00:26 UTC)
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 34.265556, -118.413612
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2656&lon=-118.4136&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 58259
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX04LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58259/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA030

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed on the approach resulting in an overrun.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6674B-2013-02-13), registration cancelled 2013-02-13, S/N 35774 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 310C
- Registry model: [Cessna 310C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (registry code 2074210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35774
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20031028036309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031028036309A), Oct 28, 2003: Cessna 310C, Pacoima, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot, on return flight from kvgt on IFR flt plan, made an instrument approach with a circle to land at Whiteman Airport runway 12 in VFR conditions.…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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