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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr SANDPIPER · Portmouth, VA · March 17, 1989

Date
March 17, 1989 · 11:02 local
Place
Portmouth, VA
Airport
Hampton Roads Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N339RH
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO89DID01
Reported as
Amtr Sandpiper
Reported engine
Continental C7512
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
178 total2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Bounced on first landing unable to flare. Pitch up on go around unable to lower nose. Ruddervators, set wrong pitch

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED ON FIRST LANDING UNABLE TO FLARE. PITCH UP ON GO AROUND UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE. RUDDERVATORS, SET WRONG PITCH

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.