# NTSB CHI87DEM02: Leblanc Dragonfly, N4463L, Lansing, MI, October 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1986, 20:00 local (Oct 20, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Coordinates: 42.790214, -84.590873 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7902&lon=-84.5909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13561
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEM02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13561/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEM02

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4463L-1995-05-18), registration cancelled 1995-05-18, S/N 073 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEBLANC DRAGONFLY
- Registry model: [Leblanc Arthur DRAGONFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/leblanc-arthur-dragonfly) (registry code 05644HT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 073
- Airframe hours: 63
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861019049329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861019049329A), Oct 19, 1986: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Lansing, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft porpoised on landing and damaged the canard.

## Other investigations on N4463L (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 CHI84LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA220), Jun 2, 1984: Leblanc Dragon FLY (N4463L), Lansing, MI, substantial damage

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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