# NTSB DEN88LA166: Krall Dragonfly, N42JK, Mitchell, SD, July 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 25, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Mitchell, SD
- Coordinates: 43.730384, -98.029609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7304&lon=-98.0296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17513
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17513/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA166

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted

## Analysis

DRG THE 1ST ATTEMPT TO LAND, THE ACFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN THE PLT MADE A GO-AROUND. ON THE 2ND ATTEMPT, THE ACFT BOUNCED AGAIN & BEGAN TO PORPOISE. A WITNESS HEARD THE ENG RPM INCREASE TO 'WHAT SOUNDED LIKE FULL POWER.'  THE ACFT LIFTED OFF, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT IMPACTED IN GRASS BESIDE THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42JK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42JK-2013-02-21), registration cancelled 2013-02-21, S/N 230, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KRALL DRAGONFLY
- Registry model: [Krall Jeffrey P DRAGONFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/krall-jeffrey-p-dragonfly) (registry code 05675BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 230
- Airframe hours: 315
- Engines: Volkswagen UNK reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Krall Jeffery P
- Registered owner: Krall, Jeffrey P.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1988, 15 hours before
- Departed: PIR, PIERRE, SD
- Destination: MHE
- Airport: MHE, Mitchell Muni, runway 12, 6,705 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 209 total, 8 in this make and model, 66 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880725027899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880725027899A), Jul 25, 1988: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Mitchell, SD, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on second try to land. Began nose high go around. Made low right turn stalled and crashed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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