- Date
- June 10, 1999, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83HRRobbins Verieze
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990610006969A
- Case key
- 46516
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of altitude during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during landing approach he 'flared and over control [-ed the] elevator in light rain.' He reported the airplane dropped an estimated 10 feet and slid on the runway. He reported the landing gear collapsed when they hit the runway. He reported he forgot to turn off the ELT after getting out of the airplane.
Factual narrative
On June 10, 1999, at 1000 central daylight time, an experimental Robbins Verieze, N83HR, was substantially damaged during landing. The commercial pilot reported the landing gear collapsed during landing. The pilot received minor injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight had departed Lamar, Missouri, and landed at a private airstrip (MU20) near Odessa, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that during landing approach he "flared and over control [-ed the] elevator in light rain." He reported the airplane dropped an estimated 10 feet and slid on the runway. He reported the landing gear collapsed when they hit the runway. He reported he forgot to turn off the ELT after getting out of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83HR
- Reported as
- Robbins Verieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 320
- Airframe hours
- 954
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry W. Robbins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1999 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- LLU · Lamar, MO
- Airport
- MU20 · Robbins, runway 18, 2,400 × 75 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 954 in this make and model · 1,250 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.