# NTSB MIA01LA005: Arthur P. Matthews Acro Sport II, N86AM, Huntersville, NC, October 14, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 2000, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Huntersville, NC
- Coordinates: 35.409587, -80.840316 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4096&lon=-80.8403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 19, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50463
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50463/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA005

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86AM-2015-06-02), registration cancelled 2015-06-02, S/N 264, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Arthur P. Matthews ACRO SPORT II (ACRO SPORT)
- Registry model: [Matthews Arthur P ACRO II](https://openairdocs.org/model/matthews-arthur-p-acro-ii) (registry code 8660539) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360-A3A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a3a) (registry code 42267, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 264
- Airframe hours: 850
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20001014015369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001014015369A), Oct 14, 2000: Huntersville, NC, No damage. (-23) Pilot arrived at Bradford fld(NC05), north carolina at approx 1630 hours. He was landing rwy 24. He had excess altitude on approach so he entered a slip.…

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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