# NTSB CHI86FEM04: Perkins Viking Dragonfly, N192AP, Lansing, MI, April 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1986, 09:36 local (14:36 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Coordinates: 42.790752, -84.589797 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7908&lon=-84.5898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13297
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEM04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13297/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEM04

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate initial training, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N192AP-2022-09-03), registration cancelled 2022-09-03, S/N 192, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PERKINS VIKING DRAGONFLY (VIKING DRA)
- Registry model: [Perkins Allen R VIKING DRAGONFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/perkins-allen-r-viking-dragonfly) (registry code 05644LD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 192
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860406009759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860406009759A), Apr 6, 1986: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Lansing, MI, Substantial damage. Initial flight in homebuilt aircraft. Pilot overcontrol caused pitch up and hard landing damaged aircraft.

## Other investigations on N192AP (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 CHI88DEC04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEC04), Jul 2, 1988: Perkins Dragonfly (N192AP), Fowlerville, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE CONTROL OF HIS HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT BY TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTIONS FOR RECOVERY FROM THE BOUNCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND ABRUPTLY ON THE THIRD…

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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