- Date
- September 7, 1987, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Aguila, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53190Ryan ST3KR
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870907049909A
- Case key
- 25683
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Proper descent rate - exceededCause
Flare - delayedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The plt made a hard landing and bounced. The acft drifted right before touching down again. Directional control was lost when rt wheel went off the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53190
- Reported as
- Ryan ST3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1477
- Airframe hours
- 2,880
- Engine
- Kinner R-56, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcdonald, James E.
- Registered owner
- James E Mcdonald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 13, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AZ70 · Hough, runway 15, 1,600 × 33 ft, asphalt
N53190Registered now · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KREngine modelKinner R5 series
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 778 total · 113 in this make and model · 730 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.