- Date
- February 13, 2004, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsgrove, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N823DPDanbrook Corbin Jr Ace
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20040213006499A
- Case key
- 58758
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall and a hard 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 landing, as the airplane was approximately 10 feet from the approach end of the runway, and 3 feet above the ground, the pilot "stalled the airplane." The airplane then touched down in a 3-point landing attitude, the landing gear sank in the soft turf, and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On February 13, 2004, at 1715 eastern standard time, a homebuilt Corben Jr. Ace, N823DP, was substantially damaged while landing at the Alliance Airport (23NJ), Pittsgrove, New Jersey. The certificated recreational pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed, for the personal flight which originated at the Kroelinger Airport (29N), Vineland, New Jersey.
According to the pilot, he departed 29N, for a local flight to his private airstrip in Pittsgrove, New Jersey. He performed one uneventful landing and takeoff to runway 10 at Pittsgrove, a 860-foot long, and 130 foot-wide turf runway. He then decided to perform one additional landing, and as he was approximately 10 feet from the approach end of the runway, and 3 feet above the ground, the pilot "stalled the airplane." The airplane touched down in a 3-point landing attitude, the landing gear sank in the soft turf, and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N823DP
- Reported as
- Danbrook Corbin Jr Ace
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RAD-01
- Airframe hours
- 60
- Engine
- Continental A65-B, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald Pensa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 14, 2003 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- 29N · Vineland, NJ
- Destination
- 23NJ · Pittsgrove, NJ
- Airport
- 23NJ · Alliance Airport, runway 100, 860 × 130 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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Recreational
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 38 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- MIV, 10 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.