Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Montgomery Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
San Diego, California 92123
Tuesady, December 31, 1991 17:25 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A PIPER AEROSTAR 601P COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHTS SHORT OF RUNWAY 28R. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND PLANNED TO ACCOMPLISH A NIGHT SHORT FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 28R. DURING FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER GLIDEPATH AND WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO LOW HE WAS LATE IN ADDING POWER. THE AIRPLANE THEN STRUCK AN APPROACH LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TOUCHDOWN. RUNWAY 28R IS 3,408 FEET LONG BY 150 FEET WIDE, AND IS EQUIPPED WITH HIGH INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS, CENTERLINE LIGHTS, A CATEGORY II CONFIGURATION HIGH INTENSITY APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM, HIGH INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS, AND A SIMPLIFIED SHORT APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH RUNWAY ALIGNMENT INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE RUNWAY'S APPROACH SLOPE ANGLE IS 3.0 DEGREES WITH A THRESHOLD CROSSING HEIGHT OF 29 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE PILOT'S POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AND DELAY IN ACCOMPLISHING THE PROPER REMEDIAL ACTION WHILE EXECUTING A NIGHT SHORT FIELD LANDING AT AN ADEQUATELY LIGHTED AIRPORT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER GLIDE SLOPE AND THE DARK NIGHT LIGHT CONDITION.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/31/1991 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1725 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | SAN DIEGO |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92123 |
| Event Date Year | 1991 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | MONTGOMERY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | MYF |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 423 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1700 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 280 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MYF |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 423 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 25000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 25 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 16 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 6 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Variable |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1980 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 46030 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 12 2000 10:54AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N680JM |
| NTSB Number | LAX92LA075 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA601P |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA601P |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 61P-0507-210 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 6315 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 5 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 3 1991 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 53 |
| Airframe Hours | 974 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MILES, JAMES W. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 3170 KINGS COURT |
| Aircraft Owner City | BEL AIR |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 90077 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | MILES, JAMES W. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 3170 KINGS COURT |
| Operator City | BEL AIR |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 90077 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | VNY |
| Departure City | VAN NUYS |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1620 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 28 |
| Runway Length | 3400 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |