- Date
- June 28, 1986, 09:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Roundup, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N159MKMathew M. Kerr Starduster TOO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860628028189A
- Case key
- 16996
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Gear collapsed
Analysis
During the telephone interview, the plt stated the acft landed hard, collapsing the right main gear & broke the right wing spar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N159MK
- Reported as
- Mathew M. Kerr Starduster TOO (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MK-2
- Airframe hours
- 147
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-L, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mathew M. Kerr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 26, 1985 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- GTF · Great Falls, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RPX · Roundup Airport, runway 6, 5,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
N159MKRegistered now · Kerr Matthew STARDUSTER TOOAirframe modelKerr Matthew STARDUSTER TOOEngine modelLycoming 0-435
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 921 total · 147 in this make and model · 775 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 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.
Other investigations on N159MK · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN13CA479Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportFrankenmuth, MIThe pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent impact with a corn field.NTSB CHI98LA231Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBay City, MIthe pilot's failure to assure the tailwheel tire had adequate pressure which resulted in his inability to maintain directional control of the airplane during a landing. Factors associated with the accident were the inadequate pressure and the uneven terrain…