- Date
- June 28, 1987, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Ellenton, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2525TNavion H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870628031929A
- Case key
- 7467
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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.
Analysis
Previously, the acft had been involved in a gear-up lndg & was out of svc while it was being repaired. Drg that time the annual inspn expired. A special airworthiness certificate was obtained to ferry the acft to the sizemore arpt for the annual inspn. Drg arrival, the acft lndd hard & the rgt wing was dmgd. The plt stated that drg the flt, he noted a higher than normal airspeed indcn than he was accustomed to seeing for the power setting. He stated that drg the flare to lnd, the acft 'suddenly dropped.' A post acdnt test of the pitot static sys showed that for calibrated airspeeds of 52, 65 & 75 KTS (59.8, 74.75 & 86.25 mph) the respective indcd speeds on the airspeed indcr were 3.2, 5.25 & 4.75 mph higher. An exam of the maint records showed the pitot tube had been replaced, but there was no entry in the log of a sys test after the maint was performed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2525T
- Reported as
- Navion H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV42521
- Airframe hours
- 1,234
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- James C.Hicks
- Registered owner
- James C Hicks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 1986
- Departed
- 19A · Jefferson, GA
- Airport
- Sizemore
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 798 total · 218 in this make and model · 742 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.