- Date
- May 26, 1991, 15:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- Kernville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2687GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910526017329A
- Case key
- 27216
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
1)The failure of the pilot to accurately assess and compensate for the prevailing wind conditions; 2) his failure to maintain a correct approach speed for the aircraft; 3) his failure to attain a proper touchdown point; and 4) his failure to initiate 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
A pilot witness located at the Kernville airport observed the aircraft turn a high final approach and do a no flap slipping approach to runway 17. The witness said the surface winds at the time consisted of a right quartering tailwind at 20 knots with gusts to 35 knots. The witness said the aircraft crossed the landing threshold at about 20 feet AGL at a speed he estimated to be in excess of 100 mph. The aircraft floated down the runway at 20 feet AGL and the witness observed the flaps come down as the aircraft passed the halfway point. The aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway and collided with rocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2687G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0051987
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John L. Foley
- Departed
- WHP · Pacoima, CA
- Airport
- LO5 · Kernville, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 700 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 20 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 25 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.