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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 · Oklahoma City, OK · March 18, 2019

Date
March 18, 2019 · 15:31 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Sundance Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4MH
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN19FA104
Reported as
Israel Aircraft Industries 1124
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was on visual approach to rwy 17 on return flight from panama city, FL (ecp) to Sundance airport, Oklahoma City, OK (hsd) under visual flight rules, 14 CFR 91. Review of video footage of the flight's final sequence, during the landing flare, the aircraft initiated a go-around and began to climb. At about 50 feet above ground level, the aircraft rolled sharply to the left inverted. Subsequently, the aircraft impacted the ground inverted with the left wing tip and the nose of the fuselage contacting the ground first. The aircraft came to a to rest inverted approximately 100 yards east of the north end of rwy 17. The pilot was ejected, and the co-pilot was partially ejected from the aircraft. There was no post crash fire, and there were no other damage or injuries to personnel and property on the surface. There was an abnormality discovered with operation of the left engine thrust-reverser system, the extent of which remains under investigation.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON VISUAL APPROACH TO RWY 17 ON RETURN FLIGHT FROM PANAMA CITY, FL (ECP) TO SUNDANCE AIRPORT, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (HSD) UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, 14 CFR 91. REVIEW OF VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE FLIGHT'S FINAL SEQUENCE, DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND BEGAN TO CLIMB. AT ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT INVERTED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED WITH THE LEFT WING TIP AND THE NOSE OF THE FUSELAGE CONTACTING THE GROUND FIRST. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A TO REST INVERTED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS EAST OF THE NORTH END OF RWY 17. THE PILOT WAS EJECTED, AND THE CO-PILOT WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE, AND THERE WERE NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY ON THE SURFACE. THERE WAS AN ABNORMALITY DISCOVERED WITH OPERATION OF THE LEFT ENGINE THRUST-REVERSER SYSTEM, THE EXTENT OF WHICH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

NTSB investigation

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