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NTSB accident investigation · Fornaire F-1 · Everett, WA · April 14, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report

Date: April 14, 1984, 13:06 local (21:06 UTC)
Place: Everett, WA
Injuries: 1 uninjured
Damage: Substantial damage
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft: N7535CFornaire F-1
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19840414046559A
Case key: 39900

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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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown

Proper descent rate - misjudgedPilot in commandCause

Flare - improperPilot in commandCause

Recovery from bounced landing - improperPilot in commandCause

Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentPilot in commandCause

Analysis

The acft made a hard landing and bounced. The plt said he thinks he hit a downdraft. The acft went off the rwy into the grass and damaged the nose gear and the fuselage.

Aircraft

Registration: N7535C
Reported as: Fornaire F-1
Category: Airplane
Serial number: 5650
Airframe hours: 1,600
Engine: Continental C90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage: Substantial damage
Flight: Personal · Part 91
Registered owner: Dawn L. Santo
Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
Last inspection: Annual · July 11, 1983 · 114 hours before
Departed: OS9 · Prot Townsend, WA
Airport: PAE · Paine Field, runway 29, 4,948 × 75 ft, asphalt

N7535CRegistered now · Forney F-1S/N 5650 · Built 1958 Airframe modelForney F-1 Engine modelContinental C90 seriesReciprocating

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Flight crew

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Role: Pilot
Age: 60
Certificate: Private
Airplane ratings: Single-engine land
Medical: Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat: Left
Flight hours: 682 total · 199 in this make and model · 557 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 320° at 9 knots
Visibility: 75 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: None
Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Observed at: PAE

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19840414046559AUnivar F1 · Everett, WAPilot allowed aircraft to run off end of runway during landing. Pilots approach speed was higher than normal.Apr 14, 1984 · N7535C · Substantial damage