# Accident 20181208017889A: Dean Verne Smith CH 750 CRUZER, Hesperia, CA, December 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2018, 10:00 local time
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Airport: Hesperia Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3769° N, 117.3161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3769&lon=-117.3161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N947DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N947DS-2019-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dean Verne Smith CH 750 CRUZER (registry code 05634EW, https://openairdocs.org/model/dean-verne-smith-ch-750-cruzer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Viking 110 (registry code 63700, https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEAN VERNE SMITH CH 750 CRUZER
- Reported engine: VIKING 110
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 315 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181208017889A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N947DS WAS LANDING HIS EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 21 AT HESPERIA AIRPORT (L26) WHEN THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND BEGAN PORPOISING DOWN THE RUNWAY. ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, WHICH RESULTED IN A RUNWAY EXCURSION OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR, WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA19CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA090), Dec 8, 2018: Zenair CH 750 Cruzer (N947DS), Hesperia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in hard, bounced landing, runway excursion, and impact with a hangar.

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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