- Date
- March 29, 1990, 14:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23DSmyth Sidewinder Smyth
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900329006469A
- Case key
- 26571
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to abort his landing and execute a go-around.
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 pilot of an experimental aircraft landed long and fast on a 2,950 feet runway. The pilot was unable to stop the aircraft before it proceeded over the bank and came to rest inverted. The pilot stated he should have aborted the landing and executed a go-around. He reported no mechanical problems prior to the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23D
- Reported as
- Smyth Sidewinder Smyth
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 212220
- Airframe hours
- 245
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-290-GHD-2, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilbur R. Wallace
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1990 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- SMF · Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- Q61 · Georgetown, runway 16, 2,985 × 100 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 944 total · 8 in this make and model · 899 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.