- Date
- June 12, 1994, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kingman, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2HSchumacher Swearingen SX-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940612014969A
- Case key
- 28773
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertent raising the flaps during a go-around attempt. A factor in the accident was the gusty crosswind condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was monitoring the UNICOM frequency about 30 to 40 miles away from the airport and planned his approach to the runway used by preceding traffic. On short final, the pilot realized the winds favored a different runway and attempted a go-around. The pilot added power and inadvertently raised the flaps. The airplane settled and collided with the runway. The wind velocity was reported at 16 knots with peak gusts 29 knots at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On June 12, 1994, at 1530 hours mountain standard time (MST), a homebuilt experimental Schumacher Swearingen SX-300, N2H, lost control and collided with the runway surface at the Kingman, Arizona, airport. The airplane was being operated as a personal flight by the pilot/owner. The airplane was substantially damaged. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight originated in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 1425 hours MST. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed.
The pilot indicated he was monitoring the Kingman Airport UNICOM about 30 to 40 miles away from the airport. The pilot heard the pilot of a preceding Mooney airplane go-around on approach to runway 21 and land on runway 17. The pilot planned his approach to runway 17. On short final approach, the pilot decided the winds favored landing on runway 21, and attempted a go-around. The pilot added power and raised the flaps. The airplane settled and collided with the runway.
In his statement, the pilot said that he inadvertently raised the flaps resulting in the airplane's loss of lift and subsequent settling on the runway. The pilot also indicated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane before the accident.
The automated weather station at the Kingman Airport was reporting winds from 190 degrees at 16 knots with peak gusts 29 knots at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2H
- Reported as
- Schumacher Swearingen SX-300 (SWEARINGEN)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SA29-66
- Airframe hours
- 560
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stevens, Larry P.
- Registered owner
- Stevens, Larry P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1994 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- IGM · AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IGM · Kingman, runway 17, 6,724 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 536 total · 250 in this make and model · 429 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 16 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IGM
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.