Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 208 near Chula Vista, CA — 2012-08-06

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Date
2012-08-06
Location
Chula Vista, CA, USA
Airport
0CL3
Aircraft
CESSNA 208
Registration
N9727F
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to arrest the aircraft's sink rate on short final, which resulted in a hard landing.

NTSB narrative

The pilot said that, while on short final, the airplane experienced a sudden sink rate when the wind changed from a head wind to calm conditions. He was unable to arrest the sink rate even after power was applied because of the lag time for the airplane’s turbine engine to spool up. The airplane landed hard short of the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left side of the fuselage was dented and wrinkled, and the left main landing gear was bent inboard of the axle and was missing its brake assembly.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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