# NTSB NYC92LA144: John Mitchell Myers Special, N163JM, Franklin, PA, August 7, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1992, 20:15 local (Aug 7, 1992, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Franklin, PA
- Coordinates: 41.390258, -79.830337 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3903&lon=-79.8303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37193
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC92LA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37193/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA144

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N163JM-1992-09-17), registration cancelled 1992-09-17, S/N 01 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOHN MITCHELL MYERS SPECIAL (MYERS SPEC)
- Registry model: [Mitchell John C LITTLE TOOT](https://openairdocs.org/model/mitchell-john-c-little-toot) (registry code 05653L3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 01
- Airframe hours: 200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920806029519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920806029519A), Aug 6, 1992: Franklin, PA, Destroyed. Porpoised landing. Prop hit runway. Slid on nose. Nosed over. Burned. First landing in homebuilt. No check out.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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