# Accident 20120512012939A: Staudacher Hydroplanes Inc S300X, Ephrata, WA, May 12, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ephrata, WA
- Airport: Ephrata Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3081° N, 119.5169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3081&lon=-119.5169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N336JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STAUDACHER HYDROPLANES INC S300X
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-435-C2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 14 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512012939A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT TO PRACTICE AEROBATIC FLIGHT AND WAS RETURNING TO THE EPHRATA AIRPORT.  HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 3 HE BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT UP ON SUBSEQUENT LANDING DISCOVERED THE BRAKES HAD FAILED.  HE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN.

## 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 WPR12LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA252), May 12, 2012: Staudacher Hydroplanes S300X (N336JS), Ephrata, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent loss of directional control.

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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