# Accident 20190504003889A: Hanson PARAKEET A4 REPLICA, Fairbault, MN, May 4, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2019, 14:28 local time
- Place: Fairbault, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3289° N, 93.3131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3289&lon=-93.3131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hanson PARAKEET A4 REPLICA (registry code 0566320, https://openairdocs.org/model/hanson-parakeet-a4-replica) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HANSON PARAKEET A4 REPLICA
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 35 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190504003889A

## Narrative

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

PIC LOST CONTROL FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING TO KFBL RWY 30.  RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRPLANE SWERVED RIGHT AND FLIPPED OVER WHEN IT DROVE INTO THE GRASS.  THIS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  NO INJURY TO PILOT.  PILOT WAS ON A JOY RIDE WITH HIS FATHER LEADING HIM IN ANOTHER AIRPLANE.  AS PIC TURNED FINAL, HIS FATHER WAS WAVING OFF THE RUNWAY, BUT MADE NO CALL ON UNICOM AS TO THE REASON.  THE PIC DECIDED TO CONTINUE FOR LANDING.  WINDS CAUSED ERRATIC LIFT CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND THE PILOT HAD A HARD LANDING THAT PROGRESSED TO THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE.  AWOS AT THE KFBL WAS NOTAMED OUT OF SERVICE.  LISTENED TO ATIS AT KOWA 14 MILES AWAY AS A SUBSTITUTE  (1852Z WINDS 19004/=LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND).  THE PILOT HAD LOGGED 12 SOLO LANDINGS RECENTLY IN A DIFFERENT BIPLANE FROM THE REAR SEAT AT A LARGE RUNWAY AIRPORT KRST.  THE PIC HAD NOT FLOWN THE MISHAP AIRPLANE SINCE JUNE 2018 AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND THE MISHAP AIRPLANE SINCE THEN.  OTHER THAN THE ONE LOCAL FLIGHT AT KRST THE PIC HAD NOT FLOWN SINCE FALL 2018, THIS WAS FLIGHT #2.  WX BRIEF WAS RECEIVED.  THE PIC AND HIS FATHER HAVE FRIENDS AT KFBL, BUT NO PRESSING REASONS TO GO THERE.  PIC ACKNOWLEDGED THAT CINCHING STRAPS TIGHT ON DOWNWIND PROTECTED HIS HEAD ON THE FLIP OVER.  4 POINT HARNESS WAS WORN.  DASH 1 AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT'S FATHER, IMMEDIATELY RETURNED VIA A FULL STOP LANDING TO RUNWAY 19.

## 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 GAA19CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA243), May 4, 2019: Hanson Parakeet A4 Replica (N27Q), Faribault, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare with a left crosswind, which resulted in a hard landing, collapsed landing gear, runway excursion, and nose-over.

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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