Accident · 1994-01-08

NTSB case LAX94LA111 · BRITTEN-NORMAN BN2A-8 ISLANDER · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1994-01-08
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: BRITTEN-NORMAN BN2A-8 ISLANDER (N55JA)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Channel Islands Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:

Probable cause

A FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDE PATH TO THE RUNWAY AND HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF THE TOUCHDOWN POINT THAT RESULTED IN AN UNDERSHOOT AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING.

Source: NTSB case LAX94LA111

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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