Hemet-Ryan Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hemet, California 92545
Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:45 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The student pilot had performed two landings prior to the accident without incident. The pilot noted that while on final approach for the accident landing there was a stronger than expected headwind and he had to add power to compensate. He then reduced the power to idle in preparation for landing. He leveled the airplane and applied back-pressure on the control stick and waited for the airplane to stall prior to touchdown. He said that at that point, the airplane seemed to "run out of air and dropped," landing hard on the runway. The airplane bounced, and began to porpoise down the runway. On the second bounce, the airplane yawed to the left and, as it impacted the runway again, the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane skidded to the left of the runway before coming to a stop upright on the side of the runway. The pilot reported that there were no preexisting mechanical problems with the airplane.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The student pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/20/2008
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 745
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Hemet
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92545
Event Date Year 2008
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 334404N
Event Location Longitude 1170135W
Event Location Airport Hemet-Ryan Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HMT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 1512
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 742 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 115
Weather Observation Facility ID RIV
Elevation of weather observation facility 1535
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 15
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1200
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 6
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 17
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 16
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.96
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 25751
NTSB Notification Source FAA AWP Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date Jul 21 2008 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Jul 21 2009 5:17PM
User who most recently changed record coos
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office WP-RAL-FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N706GB
NTSB Number LAX08LA236
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 Aero SP Z O O (Gobosh)
Aircraft Model AT-4 LSA
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number AT4-006
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 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Jul 18 2008 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 4
Airframe Hours 124
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type Unknown
Aircraft Owner Name Wood Bee Aviation, Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 43825 Barletta Street
Aircraft Owner City Temecula
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 92592
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Hemet Flight Center, LLC
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 4530 Waldon Weaver Road
Operator City Hemet
Operator State CA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 92545
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
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) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code HMT
Departure City Hemet
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code HMT
Destination City Hemet
Destination State CA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jul 21 2009 5:17PM
User who most recently changed record coos
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 23
Runway Length 4314
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --