- Date
- July 19, 1992, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kernville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5247KCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920719025869A
- Case key
- 27694
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of the wrong runway; poorly planned approach; failure to attain the proper touch down point; and delay in executing the go-around. Contributing to this accident was the existing tailwind and crosswind.
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 airport provided the pilot with an airport advisory indicating that runway 35 was recommended due to the surface winds coming from the west/northwest at 15 knots. The pilot elected to land to the south on runway 17. On the initial landing attempt the pilot executed a go-around. The pilot failed to attain the proper touch down point and instead of executing a go-around the pilot landed long on the second landing. Realizing that the remaining runway was insufficient to stop the airplane on the runway, the pilot elected to takeoff. Shortly after lift-off the main landing gear struck the 3-foot high stone embankment located about 120 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. The airport facility directory identifies the 3-foot high stone embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5247K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274030
- Airframe hours
- 4,990
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hirshon & Nagy Aviation, doing business as Jg-52 Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Hirshon & Nagy Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 6, 1992 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L05 · Kern Valley Airport, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 6 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.