- Date
- July 6, 2016, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ephraim, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39KBBoyd Kenneth C Rans S-19
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160706006759A
- Case key
- 93566
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue the landing from an unstabilized approach which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent hard landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was flying the airplane from the right seat which he was not experienced in doing. He reported the approach was unstabilized, but he continued the landing resulting in a loss of control and subsequent hard landing. In addition, the pilot did not have access to the pitch trim control which was located on the left seat yoke which most likely contributed to the unstabilized approach.
Factual narrative
The pilot was flying the airplane from the right seat as he practiced touch and go landings. He reported he had difficulty maintaining a stabilized approach, but elected to continue with the landing. The airplane porpoised during the landing, and the nose gear collapsed resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and carry-through wing spar. The pilot stated he was not very experienced in flying from the right seat and he did not have access to the pitch trim which was located on the left seat yoke. In addition, the he stated he should have performed a go-around instead of continuing the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39KB
- Reported as
- Boyd Kenneth C Rans S-19
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 080800028
- Built
- 2012
- Airframe hours
- 174
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 2016
- Departed
- 3D2 · Ephraim, WI
- Destination
- 3D2 · Ephraim, WI
- Airport
- 3D2 · Ephraim-Gibraltar, runway 32, 2,697 × 60 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
- 76
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Last flight review
- May 10, 2016
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 174 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Observed at
- K3D2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 22, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 961 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.