- Date
- June 28, 1986, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- South Sutton, NH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5474EAlon A2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860628028919A
- Case key
- 30365
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Flare - not attained
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The plt rprtd that during a landing, the flight encountered a severe downdraft and impacted the ground hard, collapsing the nose gear and incurring other damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5474E
- Reported as
- Alon A2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A8
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond K. Burns
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1986 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- Jolly Farm
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,810 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
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.