- Date
- July 15, 1989, 12:01 local (17:01 UTC)
- Place
- Grayslake, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8301FPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890715022629A
- Case key
- 14385
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to go around (when there was sufficient speed and runway remaining). A contributing factor was his lack of recent experience in type of aircraft.
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
The plt was on a flt to practice takeoffs & landings for the purpose of acft re-familiarization before a planned x-country flt. As he was landing, the acft bounced 3 times. He rprtd that on the 3rd touchdown, he was 'not able to achieve sufficient flare to avoid touching down nose wheel first.' Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed & the acft came to rest, nose down, on the rwy. Drg the previous 90 days, the plt had accrued 3.5 hrs in this make & model of acft; however, since 5/20/89, all of his flt time had been in another type of acft which had different landing characteristics.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8301F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8306004
- Airframe hours
- 1,485
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.W.M., Inc., Of Grayslake
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 31, 1989 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- C81
- Destination
- C81
- Airport
- C81 · Campbell-Grayslake, runway 27, 3,250 × 40 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 412 total · 74 in this make and model · 378 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.