- Date
- July 17, 1989, 16:56 local (20:56 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N74849Wittman, S.J. W-8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890717022599A
- Case key
- 7850
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Probable cause
Pilot inadvertently stalled the airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was practicing touch and go landings in his recently purchased experimental acft. During a landing, while 10-15 feet AGL, the acft dropped to the runway, bounced, landed hard and nosed over onto it's back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74849
- Reported as
- Wittman, S.J. W-8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- WH-1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John B. O'Reilly
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Donald C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- OCW
- Airport
- OCW · Warren Field
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 225 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N74849 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.