Canadian Light Acft Sales &Svc BUSHCADDY EXPLORER N335BE

Summary

On 29 July 2016 at about 16:46 local time, a Canadian Light Acft Sales &Svc BUSHCADDY EXPLORER registered N335BE, operated by Morgan Sport Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Island Pond, Vermont, United States. 2 people were 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

29 July 2016 at 16:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Island Pond, Vermont, United States

Nearest airport

John H Boylan State (Island Po (5B1)

Coordinates

44.7900, -71.8264

Aircraft

Canadian Light Acft Sales &Svc BUSHCADDY EXPLORER

Registration

N335BE

Category

Airplane

Year built

2008

Engines

1

Operator

Morgan Sport Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Island Pond → Island Pond

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA16CA388

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle-of-attack during approach, resulting in an inadvertent stall and hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was landing in variable, gusting wind conditions and that prior to initiating the landing flare, his approach airspeed was about 45 miles per hour. About 12 feet above the runway the airplane lost lift, dropped to runway, and landed hard He recalled that the airplane impacted the runway about 150 feet from the threshold, the left landing gear partially collapsed, the airplane veered left and exited the left side of the runway, impacted a drainage culvert and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, engine mounts, and the empennage. The pilot reported that during the flight there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with any portion of the airplane that would have prevented normal flight operations. As a recommendation, the pilot wrote that for the conditions he should have approached at a higher airspeed and flared further down the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.