- Date
- June 5, 1983, 15:47 local (22:47 UTC)
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36RJJohnson VARI-EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605022679A
- Case key
- 23751
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Analysis
The pilot stated that in an attempt to improve his landings and reduce the landing roll, the airspeed on final was 10 mph less than normally used. He was also attempting to touchdown on the numbers at the threshold. The acft's landing gear struck a small dike aprx 150 feet prior to the rwy threshold and collapsed. The acft came to a stop aprx 100 feet down the rwy from the threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36RJ
- Reported as
- Johnson VARI-EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 130
- Airframe hours
- 215
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Goosman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1982
- Airport
- PAO · Palo Alto, runway 30, 2,500 × 65 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 398 total · 54 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAO
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N36RJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.