- Date
- February 22, 1988, 00:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Andreas, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3178CCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880222003169A
- Case key
- 25952
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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.
Analysis
During a night flight the plt attempted to land on a 3600-FT-long rwy. He misjudged his altitude, touched down long & attempted to go-around. The acft became airborne & upon passing the airport's boundary it collided with a fence & crashed. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3178C
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200249
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Squadron Two Flying Club
- Registered owner
- George E. Bontecou
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- 003 · Calaveras Co., runway 13, 3,600 × 60 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.