- Date
- July 7, 2011, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Soda Springs, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N545NTL Ultralight Sro Stingsport
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110707015049A
- Case key
- 81086
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare and failure to maintain directional control during the landing.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During a cross country flight, the student pilot diverted to an unfamiliar airport due to deteriorating weather conditions. The pilot elected to touch down long because of the presence of a road near the approach end of the runway. The pilot reported that he flared too aggressively and the airplane bounced, and yawed to the right. The pilot applied left rudder to try and correct the airplane's yaw, and the nose gear collapsed when the airplane touched down the second time. Subsequently, the airplane slid off the runway to the right, and the elevator was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe and engine that would have precluded normal flight.
Factual narrative
During his cross country flight, the student pilot diverted to an unfamiliar airport due to deteriorating weather conditions. The pilot was attempting to land and elected to touch down long because of the presence of a road near the approach end of the runway. The pilot reported that he flared too aggressively and the airplane bounced after touching down and yawed to the right. The pilot applied left rudder to try and correct the airplanes yaw and the nose gear collapsed when the airplane touched down the second time. Subsequently the airplane slid off the runway to the right. A post accident inspection of the elevator showed that it had been substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe and engine that would have precluded normal flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N545N
- Reported as
- TL Ultralight Sro Stingsport
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TLUSA123
- Airframe hours
- 365
- Engine
- Bombardier ROTAX (ALL), 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Airhaven Inc
- Registered owner
- Airhaven Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 2011 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- KGNG · Gooding, ID
- Destination
- KRKS · Rocksprings, WY
- Airport
- U78 · Allen H Tigert Airport, runway 16, 3,500 × 50 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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 11 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 306° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KPIH, 43 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 22, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.