- Date
- March 7, 1982, 08:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67771Howard DGA-15P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820307002399A
- Case key
- 71667
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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
While approaching the destination airport, the owner/pilot asked the instructor pilot to land the aircraft. The instructor reported that he maintained a slightly higher than normal airspeed on final approach to compensate for variable wind conditions. He stated that on touchdown, the aircraft bounced because of the excess airspeed. During the bounce, the left wing was lifted and the aircraft turned about 45 degrees to the right. The instructor attributed this to a gust of wind from the left. He initiated a go-around to clear an aircraft on the taxiway. The plane crossed over the aircraft on the taxiway as well as several others on a parking ramp, then stalled. Four parked aircraft were damaged. The instructor stated that he had climbed to 25 or 30 ft AGL and the plane was becoming more stable in level flight when the owner got on the controls, probably to lower the nose and gain airspeed. He reported multiple pitch control movements and changes in the angle-of-attack before the plane stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67771
- Reported as
- Howard DGA-15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1713
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- P & W R-985-AN-6, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Mckown
- Registered owner
- Jimmie R. Graham
- Departed
- P16 · Huachuca, AZ
- Destination
- E65 · Mesa, AZ
- Airport
- P16 · Falcon Field, runway 4, 4,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,254 total · 18 in this make and model · 37 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- P16
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.