- Date
- August 2, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eau Claire, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83WHViking Dragon FLY
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840802036999A
- Case key
- 12722
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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.
Analysis
Witnesses observed acft touchdown left main gear first and bounce twice before remaining on the rwy. The left conard collapsed during the landing. The landing gear is attached at canard tip on this make/model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83WH
- Reported as
- Viking Dragon FLY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 294
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1600 CC, 45 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William J. Hazlewood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 1984
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- EAU · Eau Clarie County, runway 4, 7,300 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU
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 N83WH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.