- Date
- October 25, 1983, 21:28 local (Oct 26, 1983, 04:28 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3208QCessna 401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831025070209A
- Case key
- 24072
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touchdown during a night landing, the plt was lowering the nosewheel to the rwy when he saw a mexican national crossing the rwy. The plt swerved to the left in an attempt to avoid a collision; however, the right wing struck the person which resulted in fatal injuries. The arpt was aprx 90% surrounded by a chain link fence & the remainder was enclosed with a barbed wire fence, except for a drainage ditch full of water. It was not known how the person, an illegal alien, had gotten onto the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3208Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-0008
- Airframe hours
- 5,532
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mustang Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Farrar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 14, 1983 · 7 hours before
- Airport
- SDM · Brown Field, runway 26R, 8,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,820 total · 320 in this make and model · 1,640 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDM
FAA reports on this event · 1
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