- Date
- September 29, 1992, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N150NDSocata TB-9
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920929047689A
- Case key
- 15561
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature flare.
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.
Hard landing
Throttle/power control - reduced
Flare - prematureCause
Stall - inadvertent
Analysis
The pilot approached with full flaps and cut throttle before the threshold. When he flared, the airplane stalled 5 to 10 feet above the runway and landed hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N150ND
- Reported as
- Socata TB-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1186
- Airframe hours
- 693
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- University Of North Dakota
- Registered owner
- University Of North Dakota
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 6, 1992 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- GFK
- Airport
- GFK · Grand Forks International, runway 17, 3,900 × 75 ft, concrete
N150NDRegistered now · Socata TB 9 TAMPICOAirframe modelSocata TB 9 TAMPICOEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 234 total · 2 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 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.