- Date
- February 12, 1989, 18:10 local (Feb 13, 1989, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73309Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890212003779A
- Case key
- 26338
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of the wrong runway for landing and his delay in initiating a go-around after landing long. Contributing factors were: light conditions as dusk and a tailwind.
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
The plt rprtd that while landing on rwy 34 at dusk, the acft touched down on the last 1/3 of the rwy. The plt applied brakes to stop, then decided to go around. Drg climb-out, the landing gear hit a light pole. Subsequently, the acft contacted wet/muddy terrain about 1/4 mi from the departure end of the rwy & was extensively damaged. An investigation revealed the plt had made 3 attempts to land on the rwy & was on his 3rd go-around. The acft was in a full flap configuration when the acdnt occurred. The wind was rprtd to be from 180 deg at 6 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73309
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267363
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sacramento Aero Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sacramento Aero Service Inc
- Departed
- O08 · Colusa, CA
- Destination
- Q96
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Natomas Field, runway 34, 2,700 × 30 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 8 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.