# NTSB FTW88DRG01: North American P82-B, N12102, Harlingen, TX, October 10, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 10, 1987, 15:14 local (20:14 UTC)
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Coordinates: 26.190307, -97.680831 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1903&lon=-97.6808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22506
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DRG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22506/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRG01

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGAGED IN A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT WITH THE CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE AT RIO GRANDE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DURING THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17L THE PILOT FLARED THE AIRCRAFT TOO HIGH RESULTING IN A STALL AND AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT. AT IMPACT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED CAUSING A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. THE PILOT HAD FLOWN THE F82B APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12102](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12102-2012-06-12), registration cancelled 2012-06-12, S/N 44-65162, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN P82-B
- Registry model: [North American F82B](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-f82b) (registry code 6401522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pkrd-Roll V1650 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pkrd-roll-v1650-series) (registry code 49001, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 44-65162
- Airframe hours: 527
- Engines: Rolls-Royce V-1650-25R 1600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Confederate Airforce
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 7, 1986, 3 hours before
- Airport: HRL, Rio Grande Valley Inter'L, runway 17L, 5,950 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,300 total, 2 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HRL, 1 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 19871010059549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871010059549A), Oct 10, 1987: Namer F82B, Harlingen, TX, Substantial damage. The aircraft stalled, landed hard and veered off the runway. The pilot had just completed checkout in the warbird.

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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