- Date
- June 13, 2023, 22:35 local (Jun 14, 2023, 03:35 UTC)
- Place
- Indianola, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGQuad City Challenger
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 193477
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Probable cause
The non-certificated pilot’s loss of control during the night landing.
Findings · 4
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
According to the airport manager, the non-certificated pilot attempted to land the light sport airplane at night. The airplane was not equipped with a two-way radio to activate the airport’s pilot-controlled runway lights. The pilot’s first landing attempt resulted in a go-around. After the go-around, the pilot called and asked a friend to shine headlights from a vehicle to illuminate the runway. On the second landing attempt, the airplane landed hard, bounced, and the pilot attempted a go-around. During the go-around the airplane impacted a beanfield. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot did not return the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Quad City Challenger (II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- UNK
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- IDL · Indianola Muni, runway 18/36, 7,004 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.81 inHg
- Observed at
- KGLH, 15 nm away
- METAR
- KGLH 140353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP099 T02280211,M
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 1, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 309 KB in all.