- Date
- November 4, 1990, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- New London, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N287AFDean Bartel Avid Flyer Stol
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901104049259A
- Case key
- 14834
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain a proper touchdown point and his delay in initiating a go-around.
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 pilot attempted to land the amateur built aircraft on a short runway. The aircraft did not touch down at the intended touchdown point and the pilot initiated a go-around. The aircraft failed to clear trees at the departure end of the runway. The pilot reported that he should have been more familiar with the aircraft and should have practiced more landings on longer runways.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N287AF
- Reported as
- Dean Bartel Avid Flyer Stol (AVID FLYER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 287
- Airframe hours
- 15
- Engine
- Rotax 532LC, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dean Jeffrey Bartel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1990 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,000 × 30 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 6 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.