- Date
- September 14, 1987, 18:44 local (Sep 15, 1987, 01:44 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N157JGGeiger Dragonfly
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870914053109A
- Case key
- 25304
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a performance test flight, the plt stated that the acft was rotated to a landing attitude at a higher then normal altitude above the ground. The acft contacted the rwy and bounced three times, resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N157JG
- Reported as
- Geiger Dragonfly
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0057
- Airframe hours
- 19
- Engine
- Volkswagen D-60, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Geiger, Julian E.
- Registered owner
- Julian E Geiger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- CNO · Ohio, runway 3, 6,222 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 35 in this make and model · 1,580 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ONT, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.