# Accident 20190318000579A: Israel Aircraft Industries 1124, Oklahoma City, OK, March 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2019, 15:31 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Sundance Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6044° N, 97.7056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6044&lon=-97.7056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4MH-2019-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 (registry code 4500102, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES 1124
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE731 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190318000579A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN19FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA104), Mar 18, 2019: Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 (N4MH), Yukon, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane’s unairworthy thrust reverser (T/R) system due to inadequate maintenance that resulted in an asymmetric T/R deployment during an approach to the airport and the subsequent loss of…

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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