- Date
- July 11, 2007, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Deming, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N442PJJohnson F11C-2PJ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20070711014959A
- Case key
- 66218
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Probable cause
Total failure of the top engine mount bolts and subsequent engine separation from the airframe.
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
According to the pilot's accident report, he had made a conventional 3-point landing. The airplane had rolled about 75 to 100 feet when the "engine sagged from the right front and rolled underneath [the airplane]." The pilot thought he had run over something on the runway, but he had actually "bounced over the engine." The airplane nosed over and slid to a stop. The upper wing, fuselage, and vertical stabilizer were crushed. The pilot said the two top bolts and welds on the homemade engine mount broke and the engine separated from the airframe because it had not been "adjusted for the weight of the Jacobs engine." The airplane had accumulated 16 hours of a 40-hour test phase.
Factual narrative
The pilot said he had made a conventional 3-point landing. The airplane had rolled about 75 to 100 feet when the "engine sagged from the right front and rolled underneath [the airplane]." The pilot thought he had run over something on the runway, but he had actually "bounced over the engine." The airplane nosed over and slid to a stop. The pilot said the two top bolts and welds on the homemade engine mount had broken and the engine separated from the airframe because it had not been "adjusted for the weight of the Jacobs engine." The airplane had accumulated 16 hours of a 40-hour test phase.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N442PJ
- Reported as
- Johnson F11C-2PJ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Jacobs UNK, 330 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight test · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul E. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Deming, NM
- Destination
- NONE · Deming, NM
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
- 53
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 1, 2006
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 10,400 total · 20 in this make and model · 36 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- DMN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.