- Date
- July 17, 1988, 19:45 local (Jul 18, 1988, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1925Air Command 532 Elite
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880717030249A
- Case key
- 4938
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Analysis
During landing approach an excessive rate of descent developed very near the runway. The gyroplane landed hard. After the hard landing the pilot reported that he pulled the control column to its aft position abruptly. The small tail wheel struck the runway surface and failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1925
- Reported as
- Air Command 532 Elite
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RH 001
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Harsh, Toni H.
- Registered owner
- Wayne M. Robinson/Toni R Harsh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Airport
- PAQ · Palmer Municipal, runway 15, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 10 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAQ, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.