# Accident 19980301002239A: Amtr MUSTANG2, Madera, CA, March 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1998, 16:41 local time
- Place: Madera, CA
- Airport: Madera Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0399° N, 120.0292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0399&lon=-120.0292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N546SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N546SH-1998-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sweet D L/House R G MUSTANG II (registry code 05623AJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/sweet-d-l-house-r-g-mustang-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MUSTANG2
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 1 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980301002239A

## Narrative

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

(TTY) ACFT CRASHED BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. MADERA, CA.  (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30.  AS HE INITIATED THE FLARE, HE FELT THE AIRPLANE BLEED OFF AIRSPEED QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED AND REALIZED THAT 'THE AIRCRAFT WAS QUICKLY STARTING TO STALL.'  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE KNEW THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH AND APPLIED POWER TO ARREST THE STALL BUT THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND SEEMED TO START FLYING AGAIN WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED.  THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE LANDING AND EXECUTE A GO-AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND, FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE AND RIGHT WING.  THE RIGHT WING BROKE OFF AT THE WING SPLICE POINT AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HE HAD LOGGED ONLY 1 HOUR IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT. (-23) DRAGGED WING ON FLARE.  CARTWHEELED OFF RUNWAY.  SHEARED WING SPAR. Y                                                                        (-23) ON FEBRUARY 2, 1998 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 PST, A SWEET-HOUSE R&D MUSTANG II HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, FLYING  IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WAS ON FINAL APPROACH, WITH 30% FLAP, LANDING AT MADERA MUNI AIRPORT, CA, ON RUNWAY RW 30. THE PILOT FLARED THE AIRPLANE AND PULLED 40% FLAP, STRUCK THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED INTO FLIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING LOW UNCONTROLLABLE LEFT ROLL, AS THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER ON THE ENGINE. THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE TERRAIN SOFT FIELD, ERUPTED THE AIRPLANE ON THE NOSE INVERTED TUMBLE IMPACTING AND CRUSHING THE RIGHT WING TIP SHEARING THE FRONT SPAR DEFLECTING THE WING DOWN, PIVOTING AROUND THE WING UPRIGHTING THE AIRPLANE, COMING TO REST ON THE NOSE FACING 180 DEGREES FROM THE INITIAL FLIGHT LINE OF IMPACT.

## 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 LAX98LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA099), Mar 2, 1998: Sweet-House RD Mustang 2 (N546SH), Madera, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach, which resulted in a stall. An additional cause was the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the attempted…

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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