- Date
- October 24, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Caledonia, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6FPPierce MP-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891024042859A
- Case key
- 34903
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Probable cause
The pilots loss of control during recovery from bounced 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
During his second touch and go landing, the pilot said the acft bounced, then veered off the runway. Partial power was applied and the acft became airborne, and snap rolled to the left striking the left wing on the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6FP
- Reported as
- Pierce MP-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-BDATC, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rollins, Charles A
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- CHU · Houston Co., runway 13, 3,400 × 77 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 86 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LSE, 20 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.