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BFO90LA014

1989-11-28 · CHESAPEAKE, Virginia, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport W36

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TO THE RUNWAY, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND. THE LIGHT CONDITION AT DUSK WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Factual narrative

THE PLT RETURNED TO THE ARPT AT DUSK & MADE A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 23. HE RPRTD THAT AS THE ACFT WAS DESCENDING THRU 350 FT MSL ON FINAL APCH, IT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE RWY, THE AIRSPEED WAS 105 KTS & THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED 25 DEG. HOWEVER, THE ACFT HIT TREES & CRASHED ABOUT 1/8 MI SHORT OF THE RWY. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WAS RPRTD. THE ARPT ELEVATION WAS 20 FT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_BFO90LA014.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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