- Date
- June 8, 2005, 17:40 local (Jun 9, 2005, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N223MJMicco MAC-145A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050608010789A
- Case key
- 61677
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Probable cause
The demonstration pilot's (pilot in command) inadequate supervision of the pilot-passengers descent on final for landing. A contributing factor was the pilot-passengers improper descent on final for landing.
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 that he was taking a pilot certificated passenger for a sales-demonstration ride. He said that the passenger flew most of the flight to get used to the flight characteristics of the airplane. According to the pilot, on their final landing the passenger got the airplane into a high rate of descent on final. He (the pilot) took control of the airplane, added power for a go-around, but impacted the runway hard, bouncing back into the air. He continued the go-around. The pilot said that he noticed the upper wing skin, at a splice, had popped some rivets and was sticking up a few inches near the leading edge. About the same time, a witness on the ground radioed them saying that their left main landing gear appeared to be damaged. During the final landing sequence, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway, and subsequently folded the right main landing gear under the airplane. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left aileron, upper left wing and both main wheel wells were bent or wrinkled.
Factual narrative
On June 8, 2005, at approximately 1740 Pacific daylight time, a Micco MAC-145A, N223MJ, was substantially damaged during landing which followed a hard landing at Aurora State Airport, Aurora, Oregon. The commercial pilot and his pilot certificated passenger were not injured. Sportsman Airpark, Inc., was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal, demonstration flight that originated from Aurora State Airport, approximately one hour before the accident. No flight plan had been filed.
The pilot said that he was taking a pilot certificated passenger for a sales-demonstration ride. He said that the passenger flew most of the flight to get used to the flight characteristics of the airplane. According to the pilot, on their final landing the passenger got the airplane into a high rate of descent on final. He (the pilot) took control of the airplane, added power for a go-around, but impacted the runway hard, bouncing back into the air. He continued the go-around.
The pilot said that he noticed the upper wing skin at a splice had popped some rivets and was sticking up a few inches near the leading edge. About the same time, a witness on the ground radioed them saying that their left main landing gear appeared to be damaged. The pilot said that he held over the airport until emergency equipment could get in place. During the landing sequence, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway, and subsequently folded the right main landing gear under the airplane. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left aileron, upper left wing and both main wheel wells were bent or wrinkled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N223MJ
- Reported as
- Micco MAC-145A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 306
- Airframe hours
- 186
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sportsman Airpark, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- UAO · Aurora, OR
- Destination
- UAO · Aurora, OR
- Airport
- UAO · Aurora State Airport, runway 35, 5,004 × 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2005
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,741 total · 60 in this make and model · 3,526 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- UAO, 9 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.