# NTSB CEN22LA242: AMD CH2000, N364AM, Gladewater, TX, June 9, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 9, 2022, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC) - Place: Gladewater, TX - Coordinates: 32.528833, -94.97175 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5288&lon=-94.9718&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 105243 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA242 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105243/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105243 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA242 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain/attain aircraft control during a go-around from a bounced landing that resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Experience/qualifications: total experience](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031015): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Student/instructed pilot; cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031015/cases.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 126 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241); cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that he was performing takeoffs and landings when the airplane bounced twice during landing. The student pilot applied full engine power after the second landing bounce, but the airplane descended and impacted the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The pilot’s flight instructor, who was monitoring the flight from the ground, reported that he heard an application of full engine power and saw the airplane enter a higher pitch attitude after the airplane bounced a second time, and stalled about 10 ft. above the runway. There were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal airplane operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N364AM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N364AM-2023-01-14), registration cancelled 2023-01-14, S/N 201058, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMD CH2000 - Registry model: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch-2000) (registry code 0033001) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 201058 - Year built: 2005 - Airframe hours: 2379 - Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 115 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Joint Flight LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, January 12, 2022, 68 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 07F, Gladewater Muni, runway 14, 3,299 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Video recording device, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; student; medical: basicmed; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 50 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: KJXI, 10 nm away - METAR: KJXI 091855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/19 A3000 RMK AO2 T03060194 ## 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 20220609022889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220609022889A), Jun 9, 2022: Aircraft Mfg & Development Co CH 2000, Gladewater, TX, Substantial damage. During landing, the Aircraft bounced twice, the pilot attempted a go-around, and failed to properly control the Aircraft once power had been applied. The… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105243. 2.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14311994&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN22LA242%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Student pilot's statement (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 50 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14309100&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Recollection%20of%20Incident%20on%206-9-2022-Rel.pdf - Case findings (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 101 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14311138&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=case%20findings%20cen22la242-Rel.pdf - Photo (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 1 photo, 126 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14311288&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=photo%20cen22la242-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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