# NTSB ATL84LA210: Johnson Skyote, N64SK, Portsmouth, VA, June 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1984, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Portsmouth, VA
- Location: 36.7808° N, 76.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMPTON ROADS EXEC (PVG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7808&lon=-76.4513&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6486
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6486/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA210

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - other (contributing factor)
  - misc eqpt/furnishings,seat belt - loose (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command
  - brakes(normal) - inadvertent use, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS A RECENTLY MANUFACTURED, HOME BUILT PLANE THAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH BRAKES THAT WERE DESIGNED FOR A MUCH LARGER (PIPER PA-23) ACFT. THE PLT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE TOO SENSITIVE FOR HIS ACFT, A SKYOTE. ALSO, HE EQUIPPED IT WITH A HIGH QUALITY SEAT BELT, BUT DUE TO THE BELT'S LARGE PAD, HE COULD NOT PROPERLY TIGHTEN IT. DURING A LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED & HE SLID FORWARD. HE FELT THAT THIS CAUSED HIM TO APPLY EXCESSIVE BRAKE PRESSURE. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER & WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64SK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64SK), registered now, S/N 21, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOHNSON SKYOTE
- Registry model: [Johnson Donald C SKYOTE](https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-donald-c-skyote) (registry code 05653K2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 21
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald C. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport: PVG, Hampton Roads, runway 28, 4,000 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 2,709 total, 1 in this make and model, 2,709 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point -0 °F

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.