# Accident 19981024030429A: Amtr S2ASTROJNIK, Pensacola, FL, October 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Costal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70136, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70136) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Peters Kerry STROJNIK S2A (registry code 056229S, https://openairdocs.org/model/peters-kerry-strojnik-s2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR S2ASTROJNIK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 4 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981024030429A

## Narrative

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

POWERED CLIDER WAS OVER THE RWY WHEN THE IT "BALLOONED", THE PILOT NOSED THE ACFT OVER TO GAIN AIRSPEED, BUT THE ACFT WAS RUNNING OUT OF RWY. THE PILOT FORCED THE ACFT DOWN TO AVOID A FENCE. (.19)ON OCTOBER 24, 1998, ABOUT 1530 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PETER STROJNIK S2A AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AT COASTAL AIRPORT, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FORM PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1500.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT AS HE FLARED FOR LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED.  HE NOSED IT OVER TO REGAIN AIRSPEED AND NOTICED THAT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY.  HE FORCED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY TOUCHING DOWN HARD. (.4) THE PILOT APPROACHED FOR LANDING IN THE MOTOR GLIDER WITHOUT ENGINE POWER. AS HE FLARED FOR LANDING HE ENCOUNTERED WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS EITHER A WIND GUST OR THERMAL WHICH CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO CLIMB TO ABOUT 40 FEET. HE PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE DOWN TO REGAIN AIRSPEED AND THEN NOTICED HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY.  HE FORCED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY, LANDING HARD. (-23) PILOT STEVEN CENTERS ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT COASTAL AIRPORT PENSACOLA, FL. PILOT STATED HE WAS ROUNDING OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 FEET AGL WHEN AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY BALLOONED HIGH. PILOT NOSED DOWN TO GAIN SPEED BUT REALIZED HE WAS NEARLY OUT OF RUNWAY. PILOT FORCED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAYTO AVOID HITTING A FENCE WHICH WAS IN FLIGHT PATH. THE LANDING GEAR WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE WHEEL WELL, BOOM FROM FUSELAGE TO TAIL SUSTAINED DOWNWARD FRACTURE. THE RIGHT WING SNAPPED AT CONNECTION BETWEEN CENTER TO OUTBOARD, ALSO BROKE RIB THAT CONNECTION IS ATTACHED TO. RECOMMEND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ADMINISTER 44709 EVALUATION RIDE.

## 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 MIA99LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA015), Oct 24, 1998: Peters Strojnik S2A (N70136), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The aircraft's uncontrolled climb after encountering a wind gust or thermal during landing flare without engine power resulting in the pilot having to force the aircraft onto the runway making a hard…

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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