- Date
- March 17, 1988, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Honea Path, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25150Marrek Smyth Sidewinder
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880317005769A
- Case key
- 7555
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateCause
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25150
- Reported as
- Marrek Smyth Sidewinder
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 212138
- Airframe hours
- 950
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank J. Marrek
- Registered owner
- Frank J. Marrek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1987
- Departed
- Wadsworth, OH
- Destination
- ASH · Honea Path, SC
- Airport
- Ashley, runway 29, 2,600 × ft, grass/turf
N25150Registration cancelled Dec 18, 2014 · Marrek SMYTH SIDEWINDERAirframe modelMarrek SMYTH SIDEWINDEREngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 950 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AND, 18 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.