# NTSB NYC06CA168: Liberty Aerospace XL2, N771SF, Mansfield, MA, July 2, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 2, 2006, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Coordinates: 42.716667, -71.123336
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7167&lon=-71.1233&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64040
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64040/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA168

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

According to the pilot of the Liberty Aerospace XL2, he made one successful soft field landing to a full stop, and was attempting another.  During the second landing attempt, he flared the airplane, which then touched down and bounced back into the air.  It touched down again and bounced "with much more magnitude," followed by a third touchdown and bounce, "with still more magnitude."  The pilot then added power to "counteract a potential stall," and made a final, hard landing.  The pilot further noted that "a go-around should have been initiated at the first sign...of a bounced landing."  He also stated that there was a steady headwind down the runway at the time of the accident, and did not note any mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot of the Liberty Aerospace XL2, he made one successful soft field landing to a full stop, and was attempting another.  During the second landing attempt, he flared the airplane, which then touched down and bounced back into the air.  It touched down again and bounced "with much more magnitude," followed by a third touchdown and bounce, "with still more magnitude."  The pilot then added power to "counteract a potential stall," and made a final, hard landing.  The pilot further noted that "a go-around should have been initiated at the first sign...of a bounced landing."  He also stated that there was a steady headwind down the runway at the time of the accident, and did not note any mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N771SF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N771SF), registered now, S/N 0016, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Liberty Aerospace Inc. XL2
- Registry model: [Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (registry code 5200000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-240-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (registry code 17177, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0016
- Engines: Teledyne Continental IOF-240 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Steven Flammini
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 1B9, Mansfield, MA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 167 total, 15 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060702012179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060702012179A), Jul 2, 2006: Amtr LIBERTYXL2, Mansfield, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was practicing soft field take off and landings on Mansfield airport's grass runway 22. The first take off and landing was uneventful. The second…

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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