- Date
- October 13, 1985, 19:48 local (Oct 14, 1985, 02:48 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N47340Piper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851013076259A
- Case key
- 24998
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was landing at night at the conclusion of a cross country flt. On entry to the downwind for fwy 19R, the plt asked that the approach lights be turned up full bright. On short final, the plt said she encounted excessive glare in her contact lenses from the approach lights which distracted her. The aircraft landed short of the runway, colliding with both the approach lights and an airport boundary fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47340
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7703359
- Airframe hours
- 1,658
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360-FBI, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Navajo Aviation
- Registered owner
- Mihran Krikorian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan Fld, runway 19, 4,712 × 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 182 total · 12 in this make and model · 111 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CCR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.