# NTSB NYC84LA019: Wichawk 1, N54CW, Northampton, MA, November 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Northampton, MA
- Location: 42.3280° N, 72.6112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHAMPTON (7B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3280&lon=-72.6112&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35460
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35460/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE APPROACH WAS TOO LOW AND TOO SLOW AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54CW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54CW-2013-11-07), registration cancelled 2013-11-07, S/N 178, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WICHAWK 1
- Registry model: [Maxted Charles JAVELIN WICHAWK](https://openairdocs.org/model/maxted-charles-javelin-wichawk) (registry code 05655DD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 178
- Airframe hours: 30
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Maxted
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 5, 1983
- Departed: MMK, MERIDEN, CT
- Destination: 7B2, NORTHAMPTON, MA
- Airport: 7B2, Lafleur, runway 14, 3,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19831101056089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831101056089A), Nov 1, 1983: Amtrjv WICHAWK, Northampton, MA, Substantial damage. Too low and slow, landed short of the runway on final approach.

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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