# NTSB WPR22LA028: Bearhawk 4, N360WM, Redding, CA, November 8, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: November 8, 2021, 12:37 local (20:37 UTC)
- Place: Redding, CA
- Coordinates: 40.507981, -122.29382 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5080&lon=-122.2938&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104221/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104221
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA028

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent ground loop.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, while making a stabilized normal approach, he flared too high which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent ground loop. The airplane’s main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N360WM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bearhawk 4
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 001
- Year built: 2009
- Airframe hours: 120
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540-X 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eran Hayoun
- Registered owner: Eran Hayoun
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 15, 2021
- Airport: RDD, Redding Muni, runway 16/34, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; last flight review April 8, 2021; flight hours: 750 total, 25 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: KRDD, 1 nm away
- METAR: KRDD 081953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/02 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01280022

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20211108019129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211108019129A), Nov 8, 2021: Araldi Joseph BEARHAWK, Redding, CA, Substantial damage. Evidence of the wreckage from N360WM as well as a wriiten statement from the pilot indicate that the aircraft attempted to land on runway 34 at the Redding…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 14, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104221. 2.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12984238&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array-courtesy of airport personnel (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 481 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12984135&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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