- Date
- October 19, 1986, 20:00 local (Oct 20, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4463LLeblanc Dragonfly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861019049329A
- Case key
- 13561
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The home built acft was on a test flt & was being flown by a plt with only about 2.5 hrs of flt time in this make & model. During the landing, the acft touched down hard & began to porpoise. The canard & wooden prop were damaged during the occurrence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4463L
- Reported as
- Leblanc Dragonfly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 073
- Airframe hours
- 63
- Engine
- Hapi 60-2DM, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur J. Leblanc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 07G · Charlotte, MI
- Destination
- LAN
- Airport
- LAN · Capital City, runway 28L, 7,251 × 150 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 1 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.
Other investigations on N4463L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.