ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 132944
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Date: | Thursday 6 August 1992 |
Time: | 21:15 LT |
Type: | John Mitchell MYERS SPECIAL |
Owner/operator: | Mitchell,john |
Registration: | N163JM |
MSN: | 01 |
Total airframe hrs: | 200 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Franklin, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, NOSED OVER AND CAUGHT FIRE. THIS WAS THE PILOT'S INITIAL FLIGHT IN THIS AIRPLANE AND HIS FIRST LANDING, THE PILOT HAD A TOTAL FLIGHT TIME IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE OF LESS THE 1 HOUR.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY PORPOISED THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC92LA144 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC92LA144
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
10-Apr-2024 18:54 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Plane category, Category, Accident report] |
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