- Date
- May 25, 1992, 14:21 local (19:21 UTC)
- Place
- Decatur, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91ESSchweitzer Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920525016149A
- Case key
- 15252
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's delay in initiating a go-around.
Analysis
The pilot of the homebuilt airplane reported his descent rate for a landing was high. In the flare, he added power to go around, but the airplane struck the ground and nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91ES
- Reported as
- Schweitzer Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1295
- Airframe hours
- 37
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schweitzer, Edward V.
- Registered owner
- Schweitzer, Edward V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1991 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- DEC
- Destination
- DEC
- Airport
- DEC · Decatur, runway 18, 5,300 × 150 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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 37 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEC, 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.