- Date
- August 20, 2004, 08:57 local (15:57 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N592DJBerry Hatz CB-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20040820022019A
- Case key
- 59965
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate recovery following a bounced landing, improper use of the rudder control, and failure to maintain directional control.
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 airplane veered off the runway and collided with a taxiway light, followed by a collision with a hangar. The airplane bounced upon initial touchdown onto the runway. The pilot added power to soften the following touchdown and the airplane veered to the left and collided with a taxiway light and then a hangar. The pilot said that the bi-wing structure of the airplane reduced his forward visibility and made regaining runway alignment difficult. The pilot noted no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On August 20, 2004, at 0857 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Berry Hatz CB-1 bi-wing airplane, N592DJ, collided with a hangar after veering off the runway at Cable Airport, Upland, California. The pilot, also the builder and registered owner, was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot departed from the Cable Airport at 0800 for the local area personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
According to the pilot, during landing on runway 24 the airplane bounced upon initial touchdown. The pilot added power attempting to soften the following touchdown. As he added power, the airplane veered to the left. The airplane continued and collided with a taxiway sign. After the collision with the sign, the airplane impacted a hangar.
The pilot said that due to the bi-wing structure of the airplane, his forward visibility was reduced, which increased the difficulty of reestablishing the airplane on course.
During the impact sequence, the upper right wing collapsed onto the lower right wing and the landing gear folded under the fuselage.
The pilot noted no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N592DJ
- Reported as
- Berry Hatz CB-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 592
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D1F, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald G and Jean A Berry
- Registered owner
- Donald Berry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- CBB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- CBB · Cable Airport, CA
- Airport
- CCB · Cable Airport, runway 24
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
- 74
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 4,125 total · 4 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.