# NTSB MIA01LA022: Horne Bowers Flybaby, N4041A, Greer, SC, November 1, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 1, 2000, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC) - Place: Greer, SC - Coordinates: 34.900684, -82.260681 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9007&lon=-82.2607&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 50577 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA022 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50577/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA022 ## Probable cause A runway overrun as a result of the pilot's failure to maintain proper approach speed and landing touch down point. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause) - proper touchdown point - not obtained/maintained, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The pilot stated his landing touchdown occurred at about the mid-length of the runway at an excessive airspeed, and the aircraft collided with a perimeter fence at the far end of the airstrip. The accident events were corroborated by the written statement of an eyewitness, and examination of the aircraft by an FAA inspector. ## Factual narrative On November 1, 2000, about 1520 eastern standard time, a Horne Bowers Flybaby, N4041A, registered to a private individual, operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed in the vicinity of Greer, South Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The experimental, amateur-built airplane received substantial damage, and the private-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated from the same airstrip about 20 minutes before the accident. According to the pilot, his landing resulted in an extended flare that touched down at about the mid-length point of the 1,800-foot runway and despite heavy braking on the grassy, down-sloped surface, ran off the runway end and into a fence. According to an eyewitness to the accident, the flight's first approach resulted in a go-around due to being too high. The second approach was too fast, resulting in a touchdown beyond the mid-length of the runway. The aircraft continued beyond the runway end, collided with a perimeter fence, and nosed over into a drainage ditch. According to an FAA inspector, the accident occurred in the Lake Cunningham area of Greer, South Carolina, at a private airstrip named Flying Few Airfield. Examination of the aircraft revealed a broken wooden propeller, leading edge damage to the wings, and buckling of the fuselage behind the cockpit. The pilot stated to him that he may not have closed the throttle all the way on landing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4041A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4041A-2013-11-07), registration cancelled 2013-11-07, S/N 1001-A, built 1994 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Horne Bowers Flybaby - Registry model: [Horne Robert S BOWERS FLYBABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/horne-robert-s-bowers-flybaby) (registry code 05625QR) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 1001 - Airframe hours: 17 - Engines: Continental A-65 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Robert S. Horne - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: AAIP, May 25, 1999, 12 hours before - Departed: Greer, SC - Destination: Greer, SC - Airport: Flying Few Airfield, runway 27, 1,800 × 50 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 76; injuries: none; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review August 28, 1999; seat: single; flight hours: 700 total, 17 in this make and model, 500 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F - Altimeter: 30.11 inHg - Observed at: GSP, 6 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 20001101016189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001101016189A), Nov 1, 2000: Amtr FLYBABYBOWER, Greer, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot landed long more than halfway down the runway and failed to close the throttle. The a/c went through the fence at the end of the runway. (.4)… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.