- Date
- August 9, 1992, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N239HLBroussard MH-1521M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920809030259A
- Case key
- 37201
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard bounced landing and subsequent blown tire and loss of airplane control.
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 said he was 'attempting a wheel landing on runway 25, [and the] left tire blew shortly after contact with the runway.' He then applied right brake to keep the airplane on the runway, and it turned 180 degrees. The FAA report said, '...the aircraft landed hard on the left gear blowing the tire causing the aircraft to bounce three times before ground looping.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N239HL
- Reported as
- Broussard MH-1521M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 239
- Airframe hours
- 3,364
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Centre Carriers Rentals, Inc., doing business as 0000
- Registered owner
- Centre Carriers Rentals, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- 22G
- Destination
- 22G
- Airport
- 22G · Lorain County Regional, runway 25, 4,997 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 680 total · 302 in this make and model · 680 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 0.4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N239HL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.