- Date
- December 11, 1983, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65338Vickers Type 668 Varsity
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831211060469A
- Case key
- 21231
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Analysis
The acft was on a flt from the El Paso intl arpt to the west Texas arpt. A hard landing was made causing all three landing gear to collapse, folded the left wing aft just inboard of the eng & twisted the entire right wing about 30 deg leading edge down. According to the plt the acft was flown with 30 deg of flaps on downwind & 47 deg of flaps on base. He also reported that both airspeed indicators were stuck at 110 KTS. According to photographs taken by an unidentified party, the flaps were in the up position in the pattern & during touchdown. Touchdown was made with the right main gear off the right side of the rwy. The acft wheel track is only 4 ft less than the width of the rwy. The plt did not have a type rating nor authorization in lieu of a type rating for the 15 min ferry flt. The plt had 4140 hrs co-plt time in theacft, during which he had never landed the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65338
- Reported as
- Vickers Type 668 Varsity (TYPE 668 V)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WJ-948
- Airframe hours
- 7,371
- Engine
- Bristol 264, 1,950 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- West Texas Air Museum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 3, 1983
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Airport
- TX04 · West Texas, runway 8, 4,000 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,425 total · 5 in this make and model · 1,355 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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