- Date
- December 16, 1992, 12:04 local (20:04 UTC)
- Place
- Oceanside, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5163MBeech 23-C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921216050319A
- Case key
- 27885
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and to initiate a timely go around when the landing over shoot became apparent.
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
This flight was the student pilot's second solo cross country flight. Ground witnesses reported that the aircraft had difficulty entering the pattern in the normal manner and seemed to over shoot the base to final turn. The witnesses reported that the aircraft was 'very high on final, carrying power, and diving toward the runway.' The aircraft was observed to touch down about three quarters of the way down the runway, bounce once, then skid off the departure end of the runway. The aircraft traveled through a wooden airport perimeter fence and collided with a car on a bordering street. The student pilot said that she landed long on the runway and could not stop prior to running off the departure end. The pilot reported that she attempted to perform a go around, but never got airborne. The student noted that her home base airport has a 3,200 foot long runway with an 800 foot displaced threshold and she is used to landing long.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5163M
- Reported as
- Beech 23-C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2044
- Airframe hours
- 1,168
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dorothy W. Cooke
- Registered owner
- Donald & Dorothy Cooke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1992 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- CPM · Compton, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L32 · Oceanside Muni, runway 24, 3,061 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 88 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.