- Date
- July 9, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Flying Cloud, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59BCViking Dragonfly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830709031469A
- Case key
- 12260
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Lack of recent total experienceCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The pilot was initiating a high speed taxi run when the acft became airborne for 500-1000 ft. when a landing was attempted the aircraft bounced.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59BC
- Reported as
- Viking Dragonfly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 017
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1835 CC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bradley B. Chamberlain
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 9R, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
N59BCRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Chamberlain Bradley B DRAGONFLYAirframe modelChamberlain Bradley B DRAGONFLYEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 40 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N59BC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.