- Date
- February 15, 1993, 16:40 local (Feb 16, 1993, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Susanville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1844DBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930215002319A
- Case key
- 27924
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Probable cause
The pilot's poorly planned approach. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's misjudging his distance and altitude and the prevailing light snow conditions.
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 pilot saw the runway when the flight was three miles southeast of the airport. He entered a right traffic pattern during light snow conditions. The pilot misjudged the runway distance and the airplane's altitude and landed short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1844D
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D3141
- Airframe hours
- 4,232
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chappuis, Evan E.
- Registered owner
- Chappuis, Evan E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1992 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- MOD · Modesto, CA
- Airport
- SVE · Susanville, runway 29, 4,050 × 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
- 82
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,294 total · 2,894 in this make and model · 4,294 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.