# NTSB CHI04CA246: Utterback Mustang II, N91622, Kendallville, IN, September 4, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 4, 2004, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Kendallville, IN - Coordinates: 41.472778, -85.260833 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4728&lon=-85.2608&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report October 28, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 60099 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA246 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60099/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA246 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain aircraft control. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, takeoff - aborted - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted - terrain condition - ground ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91622), registered now, S/N M-II-1820, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Utterback Mustang II - Registry model: [Utterback Karl Dennis MUSTANG II](https://openairdocs.org/model/utterback-karl-dennis-mustang-ii) (registry code 056107C) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: M-II-1820 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20040904026509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040904026509A), Sep 4, 2004: Amtr MUSTANG2, Kendallville, IN, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot stated he landed the airplane using his normal technique--a 3-point, nose-high attitude, with the conventional/tailwheel aircraft. Although the… 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. 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