- Date
- July 6, 1985, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N200AWMeyers 2000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850706029549A
- Case key
- 40192
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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 loss of pwr occurred just as the acft was entering the traffic pattern. The acft was landed 650 ft short of the rwy. The reason for the pwr loss could not be determined by an a & p mechanic. The plt did not plan the apch accurately enough to touchdown on one of the rwys.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200AW
- Reported as
- Meyers 2000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 383
- Airframe hours
- 1,281
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elmer J. Whorton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1984
- Departed
- FLX · Fallen, NV
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Airport
- RNO · Reno, runway 34R, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,416 total · 275 in this make and model · 1,316 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
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 N200AW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.