- Date
- August 6, 1992, 20:15 local (Aug 7, 1992, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Franklin, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N163JMJohn Mitchell Myers Special
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920806029519A
- Case key
- 37193
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Probable cause
The pilot inadvertently porpoised the airplane during the landing and improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of experience in this type of aircraft.
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
After touchdown the airplane began to porpoise and the propeller struck the runway. The airplane slid down the runway on its nose for approximately 50 feet, nosed over and caught fire. This was the pilot's initial flight in this airplane and his first landing, the pilot had a total flight time in this make and model airplane of less the 1 hour.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N163JM
- Reported as
- John Mitchell Myers Special (MYERS SPEC)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01
- Airframe hours
- 200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mitchell,John
- Registered owner
- Mitchell,John
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- FKL · Franklin, runway 2, 5,200 × 150 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,144 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,033 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 48 °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.