- Date
- December 7, 1989, 09:51 local (17:51 UTC)
- Place
- Avalon, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2957YCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891207049149A
- Case key
- 26700
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point for landing, and his failure to go around when he had too much speed and insufficient distance to stop on the runway. A factor related to the accident was: the uneven terrain beyond the departure end of the runway.
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
Witnesses reported the aircraft's approach to the 3240 ft runway on santa catalina island was high and fast. The plt stated the aircraft touched down about half way down the runway. Subsequently, it went off the departure end & down a hill, then nosed over. The pilot did not attempt to make a go-around. There was no reported mechanical problem with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2957Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253957
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aquila Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Airport
- AVX · Avalon, runway 22, 3,240 × 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 334 total · 115 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.