# NTSB MIA90LA026: Warren/Keleher/Lark JK-1B, N131PW, Homestead, FL, November 5, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1989, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Coordinates: 25.559175, -80.46025 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.5592&lon=-80.4603&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA90LA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32601/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA026

## Probable cause

SEIZURE OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL.  CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE PARKED AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLE (CAR) NEAR THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,wheel - seized (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131PW-1996-02-02), registration cancelled 1996-02-02, S/N 131 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WARREN/KELEHER/LARK JK-1B
- Registry model: [Warren KELEHER LARK JK-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/warren-keleher-lark-jk-1b) (registry code 05611HE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 131
- Airframe hours: 730
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19891105047719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891105047719A), Nov 5, 1989: Amtrkr LARKJK1, Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing roll and struck a parked aircraft. Wheel bearing on left main gear had seized.

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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