Skyhaven Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania 18657
Sunday, September 10, 2006 9:24 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

During the landing on runway 01, the airplane bounced, and the pilot aborted the landing. He added full power, "pulled it up into a nose-high attitude, stalled, rolled left, and impacted the ground." A witness estimated that the pitch-up attitude was "about 35 degrees." The pilot reported 4 hours of experience in make and model, and that there were no deficiencies in the performance and handling of the airplane.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/10/2006
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 924
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Tunkhannock
Event State PENNSYLVANIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 18657
Event Date Year 2006
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 413127N
Event Location Longitude 0755629W
Event Location Airport Skyhaven Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 76N
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 639
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 937 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 120
Weather Observation Facility ID AVP
Elevation of weather observation facility 639
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 15
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1100
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 13
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 330
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.21
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 23660
NTSB Notification Source EROC
NTSB Notification Date Sep 10 2006 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record May 28 2008 12:03PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\johb
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Allentown, PA

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N126CT
NTSB Number NYC06LA220
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Flight Design
Aircraft Model CTSW
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 05-10-12
Certified Max Gross Weight 1320
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Conditional
Date of Last Inspection Mar 1 2006 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 42
Airframe Hours 42
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Boyd Strickland
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Nicholson
Aircraft Owner State PA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 18446
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 76N
Departure City TUNKHANNOCK
Departure State PA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 900
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code 76N
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - aborted
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record May 22 2008 1:45PM
User who most recently changed record JOHB
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 01
Runway Length 2007
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --