- Date
- September 4, 2004, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kendallville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N91622Utterback Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040904026509A
- Case key
- 60099
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain aircraft control.
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
The experimental amateur-built airplane impacted terrain during an aborted landing. The pilot stated that during landing the airplane touched down in a three point attitude. He thought the airplane was stalled when he pulled back on the stick, but the airplane flared. He added power to arrest the nose from coming down hard after which he decided to execute a go-around. He applied full power, and the airplane bounced a few times and lifted off the ground. The airplane then nosed up and began to veer towards the left in a right wing high attitude. The left wing contacted the ground, and the airplane came to rest off the left side of the runway.
Factual narrative
On September 4, 2004, at 1530 central standard time, an experimental amateur-built Utterback Mustang II, N91622, owned and piloted by a private pilot, impacted terrain during an aborted landing on runway 28 (4,400 feet by 75 feet, dry asphalt) at Kendallville Municipal Airport (C62), Kendallville, Indiana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot received minor injuries. The flight originated from De Kalb County Airport, Auburn, Indiana, at 1500 and was en route to C62.
The pilot stated that during landing the airplane touched down in a three point attitude. He thought the airplane was stalled when he pulled back on the stick, but the airplane flared. He added power to arrest the nose from coming down hard after which he decided to execute a go-around. He applied full power, and the airplane bounced a few times and lifted off the ground. The airplane then nosed up and began to veer towards the left in a right wing high attitude. The left wing contacted the ground, and the airplane came to rest off the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91622
- Reported as
- Utterback Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- M-II-1820
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Karl D. Utterback
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 07C · Auburn, IN
- Destination
- C62 · Kendallville, IN
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 47 in this make and model · 34 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.