- Date
- February 6, 1993, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bay St. Louis, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N852DHBates Barracuda I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930206001759A
- Case key
- 33224
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Probable cause
Undetermined due to the destruction of the airplane after the gear collapsed on landing.
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 experimental homebuilt airplane was on a touch-and-go landing when the gear collapsed. The airplane was destroyed by a fire that started when the fuel quick drain was sheared off. The destruction of the airplane by fire precluded the determination of the cause of the gear collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N852DH
- Reported as
- Bates Barracuda I (BARRACUDA)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DBH 2
- Airframe hours
- 270
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bates, James L.
- Registered owner
- Bates, James L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MSY · New Orleans, LA
- Airport
- 3R6 · Stennis International, runway 35, 8,499 × 150 ft, 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 10 in this make and model · 650 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 23 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.