- Date
- October 24, 1996, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N723SRWaco YMF5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19961024037059A
- Case key
- 3806
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper flare during touchdown.
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
According to the pilot, the airplane touched down hard on the left main landing gear during landing and the left gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On October 24, 1996, at 1650 eastern standard time, a Waco YMF5, N723SR, collided with the ground during a landing on runway 15 at the Charlotte County Airport, in Punta Gorda, Florida. The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot and his passenger were not injured. The flight departed Punta Gorda, Florida, at 1615.
According to the pilot, the airplane touched down hard on the left main landing gear during a normal attempted landing to a full stop. He also stated that the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing was damaged. Examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N723SR
- Reported as
- Waco YMF5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F5C070
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen E. Raville
- Registered owner
- 122 Ventures Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1996 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- PGD
- Airport
- PGD · Charlotte County, runway 15, 5,049 × 140 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 26 in this make and model · 1,790 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 30 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.
Other investigations on N723SR · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.