- Date
- June 14, 2004, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8502FAircraft Mfg & Dev. Aleros CH 2000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20040614010239A
- Case key
- 59462
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the low altitude and high airspeed, resulting in an unstabilized approach.
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 was demonstrating his first series of solo take-offs and landings to, and was under the supervision of, his instructor. The first two takeoffs and landings were without incident. On the third landing, the airplane bounced and he aborted the landing. On the fourth landing attempt, the airplane was at low altitude and high airspeed. The airplane landed hard, crushing the nose gear aft. The propeller was bent and the firewall was buckled.
Factual narrative
On June 14, 2004, approximately 0840 mountain daylight time, an Aircraft Manufacturing and Development Company Aleros CH 2000, N8502F, registered to and operated by Salt Lake Community College, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Salt Lake City Municipal 2 Airport (U42), West Jordan, Utah. The student pilot, the sole occupant on board, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the local training flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah, approximately 0705.
According to his accident report, the pilot said he was demonstrating his first series of solo take-offs and landings to his instructor. The first two takeoffs and landings were without incident. On the third landing, the airplane bounced and he aborted the landing. On the fourth landing attempt, the airplane was at low altitude and high airspeed. The airplane landed hard, crushing the nose gear aft. The propeller was bent and the firewall was buckled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8502F
- Reported as
- Aircraft Mfg & Dev. Aleros CH 2000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-1001
- Airframe hours
- 1,355
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 116 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Salt Lake Community College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 2004 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- U42 · West Jordan, UT
- Destination
- U42 · West Jordan, UT
- Airport
- U42 · Salt Lake City Municipal 2, runway 16, 5,860 × 100 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
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 10 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.