# NTSB FTW87LA110: Law OSPREY-2, N55889, Minden, LA, April 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1987, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Minden, LA
- Coordinates: 32.610237, -93.280059 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6102&lon=-93.2801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22358
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22358/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT STATED THAT HE FLARED ABOUT TEN FEET TOO HIGH AND LANDED HARD COLLAPSING THE MAIN GEAR FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT SLIDING OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDING WITH A DITCH WHERE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55889](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55889-1989-03-06), registration cancelled 1989-03-06, S/N 476 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAW OSPREY-2
- Registry model: [Law Marc A. JR. OSPREY-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/law-marc-a-jr-osprey-2) (registry code 9570568) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 476
- Engines: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Paul Hilburn
- Registered owner: Paul Hilburn
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: HEZ, NATCHEZ, MS
- Airport: F24, Minden-Webster

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 350 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MZR, 70 nm away

## 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 19870428011749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870428011749A), Apr 28, 1987: Amtros OSPREY2, Minden, LA, Substantial damage. The aircraft flared high, stalled and landed hard, sliding off the runway into a ditch.

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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