- Date
- October 10, 2011, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Diamond, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N132LLLudwig Larry E Bushman
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Spokane FSDO
- FAA report
- 20111010023129A
- Case key
- 82047
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control.
Findings · 2
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
According to the pilot, while making an off-airport landing, the airplane bounced back into the air after the initial touchdown. As he attempted to continue the landing sequence, the airplane began to drift to the right, and the pilot inadvertently allowed its right wing to dip toward the terrain. Before he was able to correct the attitude, the wing contacted the ground, and the airplane cartwheeled across the landing area, coming to rest inverted. Both wings and the fuselage were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there had been no mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane's flight control system.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that while making an off-airport landing, the airplane bounced back into the air during the initial touchdown. As he attempted to continue the landing sequence, the airplane began to drift to the right, and he inadvertently allowed its right wing to dip toward the terrain. Before he was able to correct the situation, the wing contacted the ground, and the airplane cart wheeled across the landing area coming to rest inverted. Both wings and the fuselage were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there had been no mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane's flight control system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N132LL
- Reported as
- Ludwig Larry E Bushman
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2-8939
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Myers William J
- Registered owner
- Myers William J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Departed
- Diamond, WA
- Destination
- Diamond, WA
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
- 60
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 968 total · 237 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 28, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 139 KB 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.