- Date
- October 19, 1991, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Edgartown, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14189Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911019047189A
- Case key
- 37097
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Probable cause
Improper recovery from a bounced landing by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were improper use of the flight controls and throttles.
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 made a full flap landing and the airplane started bouncing. He added power, however, he did not add full power and make a go around. The airplane continued bouncing until the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane departed the right side of the runway. When interviewed, the pilot said he was over cautious about adding full power with full flaps because he was worried about an uncontrollable pitchup followed by a stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14189
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4751
- Airframe hours
- 4,351
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Professional Pensions Inc.
- Registered owner
- Professional Pensions Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1990 · 180 hours before
- Departed
- HVN · New Haven, CT
- Destination
- MVY · MA
- Airport
- MVY · Martha'S Vineyard, runway 24, 5,499 × 150 ft
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,993 total · 1,483 in this make and model · 2,662 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.