# NTSB DEN88LA175: Braswell Scirroco MJ5-K2, N6XY, Hurricane, UT, August 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1988, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Hurricane, UT
- Coordinates: 37.039043, -113.209732 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0390&lon=-113.2097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17519/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA175

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID HE MADE A SHORT FLT TO CHECK OUT A MAG. THE ENG PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY AND HE LANDED. UPON TOUCHDOWN ONE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED ACFT GROUND LOOPED. THE PLT SAID A GEAR DOWNLOCK FAILED. THE FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSP WHO EXAMINED THE WRECKAGE SAID THAT THE DOWNLOCK SYSTEM WAS SO BADLY DAMAGED IN THE ACCD THAT HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE DOWNLOCK FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6XY](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6XY-2013-04-26), registration cancelled 2013-04-26, S/N 228 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRASWELL SCIRROCO MJ5-K2 (SCIRROCO M)
- Registry model: [Braswell SIROCCO MJ5-K2](https://openairdocs.org/model/braswell-sirocco-mj5-k2) (registry code 0561328) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 228
- Airframe hours: 64
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Beesley, Clay T.
- Registered owner: Beesley, Clay T.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 21, 1987, 28 hours before
- Departed: 1L8
- Destination: 1L8
- Airport: 1L8, Hurricane, runway 18, 3,400 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 2,000 total, 64 in this make and model, 2,000 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 95 °F

## 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 19880804030199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880804030199A), Aug 4, 1988: Amtrht SIROCCOMJ5, Hurricane, UT, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing caused ground loop and other gear to collapse. Believe down lock had broken.

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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