- Date
- August 15, 1998, 15:21 local (20:21 UTC)
- Place
- Stanton, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N207TWWakely DR-107
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980815029699A
- Case key
- 43723
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Probable cause
the pilot's misjudging recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were the partial failure of the propeller and a crop field.
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 said he was conducting touch and go landings in the amateur built airplane. He said that on the fourth or fifth landing he attempted a wheel landing, the airplane bounced and he aborted the landing attempt. During the climb the airplane experienced an increasing vibration. The pilot said he then initiated a forced landing to a crop field adjacent to the airport. During the rollout the airplane nosed over. Subsequent to the accident an examination revealed that the propeller sustained damage during the previous bounced landing.
Factual narrative
On August 15, 1998, at 1521 central daylight time, a Wakely DR-107 (One-Design) amateur built airplane, N207TW, sustained substantial damage during an off airport landing, following a propeller strike on the runway, while on a test flight, at Stanton, Minnesota. The ATP rated pilot received minor injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The local flight originated about 1500.
The pilot said in his written statement that the purpose of the flight was to conduct touch and go landings. He said that on the fourth or fifth landing he attempted a wheel landing; however, when the airplane bounced and he aborted the landing. He said that during the climb the airplane experienced a vibration which he said, "... increased in intensity." He then initiated a forced landing in a crop field adjacent to the airport. During the rollout in the crop field, the airplane nosed over.
Subsequent to the accident an examination of the airplane revealed that the propeller had damage which was attributed to contact with the terrain during the previous landing. No other pre-existing anomalies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N207TW
- Reported as
- Wakely DR-107
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0343
- Airframe hours
- 3
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terrence J. Wakely
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1998 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- SYN
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 23,000 total · 3 in this make and model · 17,000 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FBL, 16 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.