# NTSB GAA16CA148: Remos G 3/600, N201RQ, Chesapeake, OH, March 9, 2016 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 9, 2016, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC) - Place: Chesapeake, OH - Coordinates: 38.419166, -82.494445 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4192&lon=-82.4944&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 3, 2016 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 92842 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA16CA148 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92842/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92842 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA148 ## Probable cause The pilot's unstable approach, which resulted in excessive airspeed during the touchdown, subsequent bounced landing, collapsed nose landing gear, and a runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Remos G-3/600, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=060004I), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, during final approach, his airspeed was too fast. He reported that he decided to extend the landing flare in ground effect in order to bleed off the excess airspeed. As the airplane's main landing gear touched down on the runway, the airplane bounced. The pilot reported that when the airplane settled back on the runway, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane exited the runway to the left. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and the composite fuselage floorboard. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airplane prior to or during the flight that would have prevented normal flight operation. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, during final approach, his airspeed was too fast. He reported that he decided to extend the landing flare in ground effect in order to bleed off the excess airspeed. As the airplane's main landing gear touched down on the runway, the airplane bounced. The pilot reported that when the airplane settled back on the runway, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane exited the runway to the left. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and the composite fuselage floorboard. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with the airplane prior to or during the flight that would have prevented normal flight operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N201RQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201RQ-2022-05-07), registration cancelled 2022-05-07, S/N 201, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: REMOS AIRCRAFT GMBH G 3/600 (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Remos G-3/600](https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-g-3-600) (registry code 060004I) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 201 - Year built: 2007 - Engines: ROTAX 912ULS/206196 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Donald Lee - Registered owner: Donald Lee - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, April 15, 2015, 206.3 hours before - Departed: HTW, CHESAPEAKE/HUNTINGTON WVA, OH - Destination: HTW, CHESAPEAKE/HUNTINGTON WVA, OH - Airport: HTW, Lawrence County Airpark, runway 26, 3,001 × 70 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; commercial, sport pilot; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; medical: sport pilot, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 11, 2015; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,750 total, 34 in this make and model, 1,693 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: KHTS, 4 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 20160309002249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160309002249A), Mar 9, 2016: Remos Aircraft Gmbh G-3/600, Chesapeake, OH, Substantial damage. On 03/09/2016, a pilot and one passenger took on a pleasure flight originating from lawrence county airpark (khtw) to the local aera. The aircraft returned to… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92842. 2.4 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40439497&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Photos (item 2, .PDF, 512 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40439498&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photos-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.