- Date
- June 16, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Valparaiso, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9021AEdward R. Merkner MUSTANG-II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860616037739A
- Case key
- 13337
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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
After three apparent hard touch-&-go landings, the left main landing gear collapsed on the fourth & final landing. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions of the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9021A
- Reported as
- Edward R. Merkner MUSTANG-II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 467
- Airframe hours
- 52
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward R. Merkner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- VPZ · Porter County Muni, runway 35, 1,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,230 total · 52 in this make and model · 1,170 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYY, 27 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.