Accident Quad City Challenger II N52898, Friday 10 May 1996

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Date:	Friday 10 May 1996
Time:	13:00 LT
Type:	Quad City Challenger II
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N52898
MSN:	CH2-03930961
Engine model:	Rotax 503
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Redmond, OR - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Cline Falls, OR (3OR8)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
While on short final to a 500 foot long, grass field, the homebuilt aircraft clipped the top wire of a fence and then collided with terrain. The pilot reported that the aircraft could be landed in 150 feet of ground roll.

Probable Cause: the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude on final approach, and his failure to maintain proper clearance from an object (fence) in his approach path. The fence was a related factor.

Accident investigation: