- Date
- October 9, 2022, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Yulee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55XTST Clair David L Tango 2
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20221009009419A
- Case key
- 106109
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard, bounced landing that damaged the nose landing gear, resulting in an inability to maintain directional control and subsequent runway excursion.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the approach to land the wind abruptly died down and the airplane began to sink as he passed over trees. He applied throttle to stop the airplane’s descent, but during the flare to land, the airplane was too fast and bounced on touchdown. The nose landing gear was damaged during the first bounce and the pilot was then unable to maintain directional control of the airplane. After departing the left side of the runway the airplane struck a fence and sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55XT
- Reported as
- ST Clair David L Tango 2 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- T-022
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 1,489
- Engine
- Teledyne Mattituck TMX O-360 B63B6676, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Utpal Dutta
- Registered owner
- Servitium USA Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Condition · February 25, 2022
- Departed
- GPC · Greencastle, IN
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 83FL · Nassau Airport, runway 30, 3,150 × 60 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 5, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 214 total · 31 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- FHB, 4 nm away
- METAR
- KFHB 092155Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3011 RMK AO2
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.