# Accident 20110130002049A: Otterback N LIGHTNING, Crescent City, FL, January 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2011, 15:45 local time
- Place: Crescent City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4269° N, 81.6042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4269&lon=-81.6042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N324AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N324AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Otterback Nicholas J LIGHTNING (registry code 056256O, https://openairdocs.org/model/otterback-nicholas-j-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: OTTERBACK N LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 160 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110130002049A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 30, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 EST, AN ARION LIGHTNING, EXPERIMENTAL (N324AL), SERIAL # 59, LANDED HARD ON SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND AND RAN OFF RUNWAY 18 AT EAGLES NEST AIRPORT (FD44), CRESCENT CITY, FLORIDA. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (14 CFR) PART 91 WITH ONLY THE PILOT ONBOARD. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE 2ND BOUNCE CAUSING IT TO VEER LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTING A SMALL TREE WITH THE LEFT WING. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL. BASED ON THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, THIS INSPECTOR RECOMMENDS A 44709 REEXAMINATION OF THE PILOT.

## 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 ERA11CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA153), Jan 30, 2011: Otterback Nicholas J Lightning (N324AL), Crescent City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flare and failure to recover from a bounced landing which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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