- Date
- April 2, 1989, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hanford, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26PLLowe Quickie Q-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890402005079A
- Case key
- 26151
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged his altitude & distance to the runway, while on final approach, which resulted in an undershoot of the runway. A factor related to the accident was the fence.
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
While on final approach to land, the airplane collided with the airport boundary fence. It came to rest inside the fence, just short of the runway. No preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26PL
- Reported as
- Lowe Quickie Q-200 (QUICKIE Q-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2858
- Airframe hours
- 50
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lowe, Glen
- Registered owner
- Lowe, Glen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Destination
- O18
- Airport
- 018 · Hanford, runway 32, 3,965 × 75 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 50 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.