- Date
- July 14, 1991, 13:18 local (20:18 UTC)
- Place
- Mariposa, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6521JCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910714027269A
- Case key
- 27290
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudging his planned approach. A down-sloping runway surface was a factor in the accident.
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
Upon arriving at his destination arpt the pilot landed on a down sloping rwy. The acft ran off the departure end of the runway and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6521J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273883
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- West Valley Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Freifeld, Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Airport
- 068 · Mariposa Yosemite, runway 8, 3,310 × 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 6 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 46 °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.
Other investigations on N6521J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.