- Date
- June 18, 1983, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3705FGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618031139A
- Case key
- 30907
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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.
Analysis
The plt was practicing spot landings. On the 9th apch, he was high & slipped the acft with the left wing low. Prior to touchdown, he leveled the wings, but failed to arrest the rate of descent. The plt stated that he applied power to go around, but the acft touched down hard & bounced. Reportedly power was not effective. He then leveled the wings & let the acft settle to the rwy. On roll-out, the right main gear collapsed. The plt reported that the wind was from 030 deg at 10 to 15 KTS with gusts to 18 KTS. Aprx 26 mi northwest at jacksonville, FL, the wind was from 080 deg at 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3705F
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0750
- Airframe hours
- 950
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert F. Spohrer
- Registered owner
- Fox Flight Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- SGJ · St. Augustine, runway 6, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 26 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 26 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.