# NTSB NYC83FHA04: Homebuilt E.A.A. P-2, N40JM, Pottstown, PA, May 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1983, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Coordinates: 40.250362, -75.640953 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2504&lon=-75.6410&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35097
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FHA04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35097/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FHA04

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate transition/upgrade training, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE ACFT AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT. SINCE THIS WAS A SINGLE SEAT HOME BUILT ACFT THE STUDENT PILOT BELIEVED HE COULD NOT GET AN INSTRUCTOR TO CHECK HIM OUT OR SIGN HIM OUT FOR SOLO. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT SEVERAL WITNESSES SAW THIS ACFT FLYING AT EXTREMELY LOW ALTITUDE AROUND THE AIRPORT. AN INSPECTION OF THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED TREE BRANCHES AND TREE LEAVES ON THE WINGS AND STRUTS. THE PILOT DID NOT SUBMIT A REPORT SO HIS PILOT EXPERIENCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. HE DID STATE TO AN INVESTIGATING TROOPER THAT HE 'BALLOONED BADLY' DURING THE LANDING AND BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N40JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT E.A.A. P-2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 002JN-868
- Airframe hours: 135
- Engines: LYCOMING O-250 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Francis Diament
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport: 46, Pottstown-Limerick, runway 28, 3,500 × 58 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center

## 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 19830517019719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830517019719A), May 17, 1983: Amtrea EAABIPLANEP2, Pottstown, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed during landing. Student pilot did not have checkout in single place airplane.

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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