- Date
- July 23, 1991, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34360Meyers MAC-145
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910723029579A
- Case key
- 36971
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing. Factors related to the accident were a strong wind shear during landing; unavailability of wheel brakes for the co-pilot; and inadequate supervision of the co-pilot during 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 pilot receiving the demonstration was making his first landing in this airplane. During the landing roll, a strong wind shear was encountered, causing the airplane to drift to the right. The pilot did not have wheel brakes on his side of the airplane. He used all available rudder and called for brakes from the pilot in command. The PIC said he applied brakes, but was unable to stop the airplane from departing the runway and encountering rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34360
- Reported as
- Meyers MAC-145
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 203
- Engine
- Continental IO-360C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- The Estabrook Corp
- Registered owner
- The Estabrook Corp
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- 22G · Lorain City, runway 25, 500 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,430 total · 440 in this make and model · 1,241 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N34360 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.