- Date
- April 29, 1984, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N491HCHall-Cavalier SA-102.5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840429017129A
- Case key
- 24247
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Fire
Analysis
During a landing, the acft bounced & porpoised several times and the nose gear failed. Subsequently, the acft skidded to a stop on the rwy & a fire erupted in the eng compartment. The occupant exited the plane, but moments later, it was consumed by the fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N491HC
- Reported as
- Hall-Cavalier SA-102.5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 102.5-6850
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nolan Vickers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- QQ3 · Schellville, CA
- Destination
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Airport
- PAO · Palo Alto Of Santa Clara, runway 30, 2,500 × 65 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 7 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.