- Date
- April 6, 1991, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Avenal, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N242ARCessna 414A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910406014289A
- Case key
- 27167
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control after striking a dirt berm during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to ensure that the airport was adequate for his intended operations.
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 certificated airline transport pilot was landing at a private airstrip with 4 passengers on a flight conducted under 14 CFR part 135. The airstrip is 3,000 feet long and 20 feet wide. During the landing roll the left main gear struck a dirt berm that was deposited on the runway by recent dust storms. The airplane departed the hard surface of the runway. The left gear struck soft terrain and was sheared off from the airframe. The airplane was substantially damaged. No injuries to the pilot or passengers. The landing gear width of the airplane is 18 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N242AR
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0472
- Engine
- Continental TS10-520-NB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Allana Inc, doing business as Marin Air Services
- Registered owner
- Alfred Willsey Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Orchard Ranch
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,948 total · 220 in this make and model · 2,859 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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