- Date
- January 3, 1986, 18:33 local (23:33 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N420WIsrael Aircraft Industries 1124A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860103000149A
- Case key
- 13399
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Lack of recent total experience
Remedial action - not performedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
On the second approach to rwy 22R the private pilot (in the left seat) attempted to land. The right main gear hit hard and the acft bounced coming down on the left wing tip. The acft then hit on its right main gear, then the left main gear. The right main tire & wheel separated from the acft. The acft skidded to a stop on the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420W
- Reported as
- Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 420
- Airframe hours
- 181
- Engine
- Garrett TFE731-3-1G, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Prestige Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 7, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa Bay, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IND · Indianapolis Intl, runway 22R, 10,005 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,685 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 5,800 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.