- Date
- November 5, 1989, 12:57 local (17:57 UTC)
- Place
- Bayport, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19464Cessna 145
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891105044229A
- Case key
- 36513
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain adequate airspeed during a go-around while recovering from a bounced landing. Contributing factor(s) was: an improper level-off and recovery from a bounced landing.
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.
Analysis
The Cessna 145 airmaster was on a local pleasure flight and returned for a landing. The aircraft was observed to bounce multiple times on the runway, then pitch up with an application of power. At an altitude of 50 ft, the wings were observed to begin rocking and then the aircraft descended in a nose low, rotating attitude, striking the ground. The airplane was not equipped with shoulder harnesses.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19464
- Reported as
- Cessna 145
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 450
- Engine
- Warner R-500, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Hutchins, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 23N · Bayport Aerodrome, runway 18, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISP, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.