- Date
- June 10, 1992, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N155JLGlasair SH-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920610019359A
- Case key
- 37162
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Probable cause
Improper recovery from a bounced landing by the pilot which resulted in a propeller strike which made further flight not possible.
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 was attempting a wheel landing; however, the airplane bounced upon touchdown. Continuing down the runway, the pilot tried a second landing and it bounced again. He added power for a go-around; however, once airborne the airplane would not climb and the pilot made a forced landing in a pond off the departure end of the runway. When the airplane was removed from the water, the trailing edge of both propeller blades were found broken off. Propeller strike marks were found on the runway and portions of the propeller were found near the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N155JL
- Reported as
- Glasair SH-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 814
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John M. Luders
- Registered owner
- Luders Contemporary Living
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1992 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- DXR
- Airport
- DXR · Danbury Municipal, runway 35, 3,135 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,942 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,942 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DXR, 1 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.