- Date
- April 8, 1992, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Pleasant, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3141WPZL-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga 80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920408013259A
- Case key
- 8590
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Probable cause
The improper flare during the touchdown phase of the approach by the pilot which exceeded the design limits of the airframe and the right landing gear assembly.
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
While on short final to land on the polo field at boone hall plantation, the airplane developed a high sink rate and touched down hard. The hard landing caused substantial structural damage to the right landing gear assembly. No mechanical problem or wind gust condition was reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3141W
- Reported as
- PZL-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga 80 (PZL-104 WI)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CF21919025
- Airframe hours
- 89
- Engine
- PZL-Kalisz AI-14RA, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Page, Michael J.
- Registered owner
- Page, Michael J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1992 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- 49J · Hilton Head Is., SC
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 86 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS, 5 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.