# Accident 20101029052909A: Hughes J/Hu RAND ROBINS, Rearlan, TX, October 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2010, 13:23 local time
- Place: Rearlan, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5194° N, 95.2386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5194&lon=-95.2386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128JH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N128JH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes J/Hughes J RAND ROBINSON KR2 (registry code 05628OM, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-j-hughes-j-rand-robinson-kr2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster 2100 (registry code 52550, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES J/HU RAND ROBINS
- Reported engine: REVMASTER 2100 D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 94 total, 1 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101029052909A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE BUILDER OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, WAS MAKING THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER HAVING COMPLETED SEVERAL HIGH-SPEED TAXI TESTS AND GROUND RUNS OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE AND DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, HE BEGAN TO NOTICE OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING THE OIL WAS REDUCING HIS FORWARD VISIBILITY AND HE HAD DIFFICULTY JUDGING HIS HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRPLANE "TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED". ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR LEGS COLLAPSED AND PENETRATED THROUGH THE TOP SURFACES OF THE WINGS. THE SOLO PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT SAID HE BELIEVED THE OIL CAME FROM THE CRANK BREATHER VALVE.  HE EXPLAINED THAT THE HAD MADE THE EXIT AIR OPENING IN THE COWL TO SMALL AND IT WAS PRESSURIZING THE COWLING TO THE POINT IT BREATHER VALVE TO OPEN.ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN TAILWHEEL AND TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT HAD LESS THAN THREE HOURS OF TAILWHEEL TIME AND ONE HOUR OF SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT MAKE AND MODEL TIME.  AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT RECIVED TAILWHELL TRAINING AND RECIEVED AN TAILWHEEL ENDORCEMENT.

## 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 CEN11CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA046), Oct 29, 2010: Hughes J/Hughes J Rand-Robinson (N128JH), Pearland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was an engine oil leak which partially obscured the pilot’s forward vision.

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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