- Date
- August 25, 2018, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- East Stroudsburg, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3042WYakovlev YAK 52
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180825012329A
- Case key
- 98262
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent impact with terrain.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during landing, on short final, he decided to go around. He added that, during the go-around, the airplane "developed a severe vibration," so he made a precautionary landing with the gear retracted. The airplane slid, exited the runway, and impacted terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the external longerons on the lower fuselage and engine mounts. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, during landing, on short final, he decided to go around. During the go-around, the airplane "developed a severe vibration" so he made a precautionary landing on runway 26 with the gear retracted. The airplane slid, exited the runway and impacted terrain. The inspector further reported that the airplane sustained substantial damage to the external longerons on the lower fuselage and engine mounts. The inspector added that, after his examination, he determined there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures to the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3042W
- Reported as
- Yakovlev YAK 52 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 822209
- Built
- 1982
- Airframe hours
- 1,270
- Engine
- Vegeneev M14P, 360 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Other
- Last inspection
- Condition · June 1, 2018
- Departed
- N53 · East Stroudsburg, PA
- Destination
- N53 · East Stroudsburg, PA
- Airport
- N53 · Stroudsburg-Pocono, runway 26, 3,087 × 30 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 23, 2017
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 905.7 total · 70 in this make and model · 826.5 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 inHg
- Observed at
- KMPO, 12 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 5, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.