# NTSB LAX87LA327: Ryan ST3KR, N53190, Aguila, AZ, September 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1987, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Aguila, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.810291, -113.180389 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8103&lon=-113.1804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA327
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25683/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA327

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53190), registered now, S/N 1477, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST3KR
- Registry model: [Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (registry code 7830502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Kinner R5 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (registry code 37504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1477
- Airframe hours: 2880
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870907049909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870907049909A), Sep 7, 1987: Ryan ST3KR, Aguila, AZ, Substantial damage. Bounced off the runway on landing and struck a concrete ditch structure then veered into the ditch.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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