- Date
- July 1, 1990, 20:50 local (Jul 2, 1990, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N307JPMaxair MU532
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900701023259A
- Case key
- 14444
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper remedial action to regain directional control during the 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
The accident occurred during the maiden flight in this homebuilt aircraft. The pilot made a local flight and was attempting to land when the accident occurred. He stated that the airspeed was little high during the landing and the aircraft bounced. During the bounce the aircraft veered to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and power at which time the aircraft veered sharply to the right and traveled off the right side of the runway and came to rest after contacting guard posts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N307JP
- Reported as
- Maxair MU532
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 136330750121
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Rotax 532UL, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pylat, John A.
- Registered owner
- John A Pylat Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1990 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 7D2 · Troy Oakland, runway 9, 3,855 × 50 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 255 total · 1 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 12 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.