- Date
- November 5, 1989, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Homestead, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N131PWWarren/Keleher/Lark JK-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891105047719A
- Case key
- 32601
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Probable cause
Seizure of the left main gear wheel. Contributing factors were: the parked aircraft and vehicle (car) near the runway.
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 stated that drg the lndg roll, the airplane swerved to the left & collided with a parked airplane & a car. An exam of the left main landing gear showed evidence of a wheel seizure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N131PW
- Reported as
- Warren/Keleher/Lark JK-1B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 131
- Airframe hours
- 730
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson, Jeffrey C.
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Jeffrey C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1989 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- 6X6 · Richards Field, runway 27, 2,620 × 300 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,074 total · 15 in this make and model · 1,026 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 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.