# NTSB NYC89DFJ01: Davis DA-2A, N26Q, Skaneateles, NY, June 6, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 6, 1989, 16:28 local (20:28 UTC)
- Place: Skaneateles, NY
- Coordinates: 42.890644, -76.369316 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8906&lon=-76.3693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 22, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC89DFJ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36240/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89DFJ01

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touchdown - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER A HARD LANDING AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N26Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26Q-2013-04-01), registration cancelled 2013-04-01, S/N 168, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVIS DA-2A
- Registry model: [Lawrence DAVIS DA-2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/lawrence-davis-da-2a) (registry code 0561380) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 168
- Airframe hours: 398
- Engines: LYCOMING UNKNOWN 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard Cartwright
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, June 5, 1989, 3 hours before
- Departed: N22, PENN YAN, NY
- Airport: Skaneateles, runway 28, 3,000 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 850 total, 8 in this make and model, 780 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19890606035319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890606035319A), Jun 6, 1989: Amtrdv DAVISDA2A, Skaneateles, NY, Substantial damage. Landed hard, bounced skidded off runway and overturned.

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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