- Date
- August 30, 1987, 21:30 local (Aug 31, 1987, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fortuna, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N246WBCessna 172D
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25673
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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - obscurationFactor
Precautionary landing - attemptedFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Analysis
The pilot was attempting a precautionary landing because of deteriorating weather due to fog. He undershot the runway on his landing touchdown. He said he was blinded by the approach lights but elected to continue with the landing rather than attempting a go-around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N246WB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249804
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Weldon K Bullock
- Registered owner
- Alec Duperroir
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1986
- Departed
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Destination
- ACV · Arcat, CA
- Airport
- FOT · Rohnerville, runway 29, 4,025 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 350 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACV, 25 nm away