# NTSB NYC04CA074: Danbrook Corbin Jr Ace, N823DP, Pittsgrove, NJ, February 13, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: February 13, 2004, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Pittsgrove, NJ
- Coordinates: 39.504722, -75.093055
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5047&lon=-75.0931&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 58758
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58758/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA074

## 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

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

- Hard landing, descent - uncontrolled
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N823DP-2018-03-30), registration cancelled 2018-03-30, S/N RAD-01, built 1994 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Danbrook Corbin Jr Ace
- Registry model: [Danbrook R CORBIN JR ACE](https://openairdocs.org/model/danbrook-r-corbin-jr-ace) (registry code 05606C8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: RAD-01
- Airframe hours: 60
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040213006499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040213006499A), Feb 13, 2004: Amtr CORBENJRACEE, Elmer, NJ, No damage. (-23) Pilot was on short final and stalled aircraft and impacted ground short of sod field. Landing gear was broken off fuselage and prop destroyed. Aircraft…

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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