# NTSB CHI85LA240: Haney Polliwagon, N8FT, Lambertville, MI, June 14, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1985, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Lambertville, MI
- Location: 41.7448° N, 83.6214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lambertville, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7448&lon=-83.6214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13100
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13100/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA240

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - flight control,elevator - inadequate (cause)
  - maintenance,adjustment - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - improper (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO FLARE THE ACFT WITH FULL UP ELEVATOR AND THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE ACFT BOUNCED AND CONTACTED THE RWY AGAIN RESULTING IN A GEAR COLLAPSE. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ELEVATOR DID NOT PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT OF UP TRAVEL AS DESIGNED. IN ADDITION, THE NOSE GEAR EXTENSION WAS LONGER THAN DESIGNED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8FT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8FT-2013-02-20), registration cancelled 2013-02-20, S/N 458, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HANEY POLLIWAGON
- Registry model: [Haney Dwight G HANEY BUILT](https://openairdocs.org/model/haney-dwight-g-haney-built) (registry code 05613JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Revmaster 2100](https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (registry code 52550, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 458
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: REVMASTER UNK reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dwight G. Haney
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 14, 1985, 1 hours before
- Airport: 5G9, Toledo Suburban, runway 27, 3,258 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 963 total, 1 in this make and model, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TOL, 12 nm away

## 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 19850614026569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850614026569A), Jun 14, 1985: Amtr POLLIWAGON, Lambertville, MI, Substantial damage. During first flight landing full aft stick did not prevent nose touchdown first. Aircraft bounced, struck runway.

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.

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