# NTSB CHI83LA311: Viking Dragonfly, N59BC, Flying Cloud, MN, July 9, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Flying Cloud, MN
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12260
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA311
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12260/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA311

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59BC-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 017, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VIKING DRAGONFLY
- Registry model: [Chamberlain Bradley B DRAGONFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/chamberlain-bradley-b-dragonfly) (registry code 05647UY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 017
- Airframe hours: 6
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830709031469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830709031469A), Jul 9, 1983: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Flying Cloud, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot made bouncing landing during initial flight of experimental aircraft.

## Other investigations on N59BC (1)

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. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI85FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA269), Jul 7, 1985: Chamberlain Viking Dragonfly (N59BC), Faribault, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal

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. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.