- Date
- July 23, 1988, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7YEFerris VARI-EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880723034919A
- Case key
- 25714
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Nose over
Analysis
During a local flight, while on final approach, the pilot reported that a gust of wind from the right raised the right wing resulting in the left wing contacting the runway. The pilot lost control of the airplane which nosed over during the landing roll. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7YE
- Reported as
- Ferris VARI-EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 373
- Airframe hours
- 245
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ferris, Bob
- Registered owner
- Ferris, Bob D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 1987 · 115 hours before
- Airport
- HHR · Hawthorne, runway 25, 4,956 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 448 total · 116 in this make and model · 343 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HHR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.