- Date
- November 11, 1984, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Amarillo, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19841111062831A19841111062832A
- Case key
- 21622
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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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.
Analysis
The homebuilt acft, N52957, was observed to land hard, collapse the landing gear & slide into N3376V holding short of the rwy at an intersecting taxiway.
The homebuilt acft, N51957, was observed to land hard, collapse the landing gear & slide into N3376V holding short of the rwy at an intersecting taxiway.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N51957
- Reported as
- Reed Bandit 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1835, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 1EA · Canyon, TX
- Airport
- TDW · Tradewind, runway 23, 2,738 × 56 ft, asphalt
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.
- Registration
- N3376V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076481
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lynn Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- F01 · Quanah, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TDW · Tradewind, runway 17, 5,100 × 55 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N51957
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3376V
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- AMA
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.