# Accident 20240608007069A: Davis John S DAVIS LIGHTING, Jamestown, TN, June 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2024, 10:26 local time
- Place: Jamestown, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3497° N, 84.9468° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3497&lon=-84.9468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155LT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155LT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Davis John S DAVIS LIGHTING (registry code 056217O, https://openairdocs.org/model/davis-john-s-davis-lighting) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVIS JOHN S DAVIS LIGHTING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240608007069A

## Narrative

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

SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING  IN THE LOCAL AREA OF 2A1, HE HAD TO RETURN TO LAND DUE TO A URGENT NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE DIDN'T CHECK AWOS .  . HE STATED THAT AIRPLANE "FLOATED " JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. SUBJECT THEN STATED THAT HE STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT HE WAS IN ERROR DUE TO TO HIM TO NOT CHECKING AWOS. I ASKED FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, AIRMAN'S CERTIFICATE, AND MEDICAL.SUBJECT PRODUCED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. HE DID NOT PRODUCE A CERTIFICATE OR MEDICAL.

SUBJECT STATED HIS MEDICAL WAS HELD UP IN THE POSTAL SYSTEM IN WASHINGTON STATE.

SUBJECT STATED HE DIDN'T HAVE A CERTIFICATE, STATED THAT DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUFFICIENT.

SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WAS A FORMER SKYDIVER.

SUBJECT ASKED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WOULD BE RELEASED, I INFORMED HIM THAT THE NTSB WOULD RELEASE IT WHEN ABLE.

## 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 ERA24LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA253), Jun 8, 2024: Davis Lightning (N155LT), Jamestown, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent hard landing.

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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