- Date
- September 10, 1989, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- South Haven, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3633PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890910034389A
- Case key
- 14412
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the pilot, which resulted in a hard landing.
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
Pilot made a full flap approach into grass strip which resulted in hard landing. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll, and aircraft nosed over and came to rest inverted on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3633P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3367
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Demler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1988 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · South Haven, MI
- Destination
- NONE · South Haven, MI
- Airport
- NONE · Demler, runway 8, 1,500 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,085 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO, 35 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.