# Accident 19980205000959A: Amtr STEENSKYBOLT, Hillsboro, OR, February 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1998, 14:55 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Starks Twin Oaks Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4399° N, 122.9609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4399&lon=-122.9609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55740, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55740-2004-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bromley Gregory STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 05655SA, https://openairdocs.org/model/bromley-gregory-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STEENSKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,269 total, 221 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980205000959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED LANDING OVERRAN RUNWAY INTO MUD. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF HE REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND THAT HE 'WAS TOO LOW ON FINAL APPROACH AND (THE) WHEELS STRUCK (THE) SLOPE LEADING TO (THE) END OF (THE) RUNWAY.' THE AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTED THAT TIRE MARKS FROM THE AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET SHORT OF THE PAVED PHYSICAL END OF RUNWAY 02 WHICH HAS A PAINTED DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF 100 FEET (NORTH OF ITS PHYSICAL END). THE LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY ON ITS BELLY DURING WHICH IT SLID OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT.                                       (-23)PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND, BOUNCED AIRCRAFT, PUT IT IN THE MUD AT END OF RUNWAY AT TWIN OAKS AIRPORT, HILLSBORO, OREGON.  PILOT SAID HE MISJUDGED THE LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA035), Feb 5, 1998: Bromley Steen Skybolt (N55740), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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