# NTSB CEN09CA478: P&M Quik GT450, N703PM, Oshkosh, WI, July 30, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 30, 2009, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Coordinates: 43.984165, -88.540275 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9842&lon=-88.5403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74409
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA478
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74409/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74409
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA478

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [P&M QUIK GT450 912S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=0600034), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [P&M QUIK GT450 912S, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0600034), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [P&M QUIK GT450 912S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=0600034), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, he was landing on the ultralight grass strip and "contacted the ground hard." The microlight aircraft bounced and impacted the ground a second time in a nose low attitude. The nosewheel collapsed, the front fairing was cracked, and the wing was bent. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airframe or its systems.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, he was landing on the ultralight grass strip and "contacted the ground hard." The microlight aircraft bounced and impacted the ground a second time in a nose low attitude. The nosewheel collapsed, the front fairing was cracked, and the wing was bent. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airframe or its systems.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N703PM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N703PM), registered now, S/N 8247 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: P&M AVIATION LTD QUIK GT450
- Registry model: [P&M QUIK GT450 912S](https://openairdocs.org/model/p-m-quik-gt450-912s) (registry code 0600034) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Weight-shift
- Serial number: 8247
- Airframe hours: 232
- Engines: ROTAX 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, January 26, 2009
- Departed: OSH, Oshkosh, WI
- Destination: OSH, Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: OSH, Wittman Regional Airport, runway 30, 1,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: minor; sport pilot, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; last flight review March 19, 2009; seat: front; flight hours: 587 total, 232 in this make and model, 570 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.80 inHg
- Observed at: OSH

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20090730048549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730048549A), Jul 30, 2009: P&M Aviatio QUIK GT450, Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft bounced after hard landing then hit hard again and broke nose gear which caused aircraft to roll over on its side and break apart.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 20, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74409. 899 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 899 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40317491&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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