- Date
- October 14, 2000, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Huntersville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86AMArthur P. Matthews Acro Sport II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20001014015369A
- Case key
- 50463
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Probable cause
the pilot's misjudgment of the distance/speed and failure to attain the proper touchdown point or affect a timely go-around which resulted in the aircraft overrunning the runway and incurring substantial damage when it ran into a streambed.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during the landing he could not stop before encountering the end of the runway, and the aircraft exited the runway and came to an abrupt stop in a small streambed, incurring substantial damage. There were no malfunctions to the airplane, or its systems, prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On October 14, 2000, about 1700 eastern daylight time, an Arthur P. Matthews Acrosport II, N86AM, registered to and operated by a private individual, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, overran the runway during landing at Huntersville, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft incurred substantial damage. The private-rated pilot received serious injuries, and the passenger received minor injuries. The flight originated from Burgaw, North Carolina, the same day, about 1500.
The pilot stated that during the landing, the airplane floated in ground effect, and he could not stop before encountering the end of the runway. The pilot further stated that the aircraft exited the runway and came to an abrupt stop in a small streambed, incurring substantial damage. According to the pilot, there were no malfunctions to the airplane, or its systems, prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86AM
- Reported as
- Arthur P. Matthews Acro Sport II (ACRO SPORT)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 264
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A-36, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Reynolds Sidi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1999 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- Burgaw, NC
- Destination
- NC05
- Airport
- NC05 · Bradford, runway 24, 2,800 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 26 in this make and model · 118 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 20 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.