- Date
- April 6, 1986, 09:36 local (14:36 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N192APPerkins Viking Dragonfly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860406009759A
- Case key
- 13297
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On his first flight in this type of homebuilt the pilot encountered what he said was windshear on final approach for his first landing. He added power and the aircraft pitched up 30 degrees. He pushed down on the stick and the aircraft pitched down violently. He added full power and the aircraft pitched up again. The nose fell through violently again and the left wing struck the runway. The aircraft then slid to a stop. He also stated that this was his first flight in any aircraft in eleven months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N192AP
- Reported as
- Perkins Viking Dragonfly (VIKING DRA)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 192
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Hapi 60-2DM, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen R. Perkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- LAN · Capital City, runway 24, 5,001 × 120 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 459 total · 1 in this make and model · 390 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN
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 N192AP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.