20031003035389A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr DRAGONFLY · Peoria, IL · October 3, 2003

Date: October 3, 2003 · 10:45 local
Place: Peoria, IL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N222TH
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI04LA002
Reported as: Amtr Dragonfly
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total104 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N222THRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Goldman A Richard DDS DRAGONFLYS/N 491 · Built 1991 Airframe modelGoldman A Richard DDS DRAGONFLY Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-23) On approach to pia, engine started to lose power. Pilot asked for closest airport and was told Mt. Hawley. Pilot could not make Mt. Hawley and landed downwind in a sod field. Rt. Gear collapsed on touchdown. Aircraft came to rest approximately 100 yards from that point. Aircraft sustained substantial damage and may be a total loss. Pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO PIA, ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. PILOT ASKED FOR CLOSEST AIRPORT AND WAS TOLD MT. HAWLEY. PILOT COULD NOT MAKE MT. HAWLEY AND LANDED DOWNWIND IN A SOD FIELD. RT. GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM THAT POINT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND MAY BE A TOTAL LOSS. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CHI04LA002Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPeoria, ILThe loss of power for undetermined reasons and the inadvertent stall of the canard by the pilot on the turn to final during the forced landing, as well as the excessive descent rate causing the aircraft to "pancake" into the ground.Oct 3, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N222TH · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19910616022179ALevel Off Touchdown · Kenosha, WIUnable to flare for landing with full up elevator. Impacted runway and damaged canard and gear. First test flight.Jun 16, 1991 · Substantial damage