- Date
- November 1, 2013, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N400XWYuneec Yuneec
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20131101022419A
- Case key
- 88373
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and hard landing.
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
The pilot reported that during approach to land he flared too high. The airplane subsequently landed hard, which collapsed the left main landing gear and nose gear, and substantially damaged the left wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during approach to land he flared too high. The airplane subsequently landed hard, which collapsed the left main landing gear and nose gear, and substantially damaged the left wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400XW
- Reported as
- Yuneec Yuneec (E-430)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E430 CY-E2-8
- Built
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 19
- Engine
- Yuneec PD48, 54 horsepower, electric
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ken Ka Hang, Lau
- Registered owner
- Xi Ru Wang
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · July 30, 2013
- Departed
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Airport
- CCB · Cable, runway 24, 3,863 × 75 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
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 15, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 5 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KONT, 3 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 16, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.4 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.