Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall/mush.
NTSB analysis
The pilot was landing the two-seat amateur-built experimental light sport aircraft at his planned destination when the accident occurred. The pilot stated about 10-feet above ground level (agl) "...we suddenly dropped through the air and the aircraft hit the ground hard." The aircraft's nose gear fork separated and the aircraft veered off the runway and nosed over. The aircraft sustained structural damage to the left wing. No mechanical anomalies or malfunctions with the aircraft were reported.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for SEA08CA165 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 22, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Byron, California
- Nearest airport
- Byron (C83)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
MA33
- N-number
- N92287
- Category
- Weight-shift
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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