- Date
- April 3, 2007, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Madera, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N368AMAC Mfg & Dev't CH 2000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070403005939A
- Case key
- 65546
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Probable cause
The improper flare which resulted in a hard landing and porpoise.
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 solo student pilot was landing and the airplane ballooned while on short final. The airplane touched down hard on the main gear and porpoised down the runway. During the accident sequence, the firewall was wrinkled. The student pilot stated that no mechanical malfunctions occurred.
Factual narrative
The solo student pilot was landing and the airplane ballooned while on short final. The airplane touched down hard on the main gear and porpoised down the runway. During the accident sequence, the firewall was wrinkled. The student pilot stated that no mechanical malfunctions occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N368AM
- Reported as
- AC Mfg & Dev't CH 2000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-1062
- Engine
- Textron Lycoming O-235, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sierra Academy of Aeronautics/KS Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Christiansen Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- MAE · Madera, CA
- Airport
- MAE · Madera Muni AP, runway 30, 5,545 × 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 35 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KFAT, 23 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.