- Date
- August 14, 1983, 22:00 local (Aug 15, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N722EJodel D11S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814048939A
- Case key
- 16168
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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 landed and said it felt like he ran into standing water during roll-out. The acft veered left and went through grass, rocks and a ditch. The left gear was punched up through the wing. The right gear and the flaps were also damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N722E
- Reported as
- Jodel D11S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2
- Airframe hours
- 605
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A Willis
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1982
- Departed
- CDC · Cedar City, UT
- Airport
- 2 · Salt Lake Skypark, runway 34, 4,700 × 200 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 352 total · 99 in this make and model · 327 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.