- Date
- November 6, 1989, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3018TCessna 320
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891106044559A
- Case key
- 26679
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point and his improper flare for landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft, and company induced pressure.
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 stated that company management requested he take a business flight that he didn't want to take. He suggested that another pilot take the flight, but management elected to have another pilot accompany him. In retrospect, the pilot said that he should have refused to take the flight because he had some personal problems that were distracting him. The pilot reported that he was attempting to land 'on the numbers' of a relatively short runway. He said that he got the airplane too slow too soon and inadvertently made a hard landing short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3018T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0018
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Stan Olson & Associates
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward, runway 28R, 3,100 × 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
- 66
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,340 total · 4 in this make and model · 2,120 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.