Grenier ACRO SPORT N1419

Summary

On 30 June 2002 at about 15:00 local time, a Grenier ACRO SPORT registered N1419, operated by G. Ronald Kesinger, was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 June 2002 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Jacksonville, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Jacksonville Muni (IJX)

Coordinates

39.7747, -90.2383

Aircraft

Grenier ACRO SPORT

Registration

N1419

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

G. Ronald Kesinger

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jacksonville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02CA196

Nobody was injured.

The probable cause of this accident is a failure of the left main landing gear attachment bolt and the subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear. Repeated hard landings was a factor and a lack of recent experience were contributing factors.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 30, 2002, at approximately 1000 central daylight time, an amateur-built, single-place Grenier Acro Sport, N1419, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when it experienced a hard landing. The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 22 (4,001 feet x 75 feet, asphalt) at the Jacksonville Municipal Airport (IJX), Jacksonville, Illinois, when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.