ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203290
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 2017 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210 Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9664X |
| MSN: | 21057964 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5550 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bettles, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks, AK (FAI) |
| Bettles, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he overflew a remote airstrip, which was bounded by a lake on the approach end. He added that he circled back to land and that, during final approach, he encountered “glassy water and bright sun.” Subsequently, the airplane landed short of the runway in the lake, sunk in more than 500 ft of water, and was not recovered.
The Federal Aviation Administration aviation safety inspector who interviewed the pilot reported that he stated that the sun and the reflection off the lake gave him the impression that the airplane was higher than it was.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate glidepath during the approach to the runway over glassy water and in glaring sun conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Dec-2017 20:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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