Hatz HATZ CB 1 N35JA

Summary

On 25 June 2020 at about 20:00 local time, a Hatz HATZ CB 1 registered N35JA was involved in an accident near Red Wing, Minnesota, 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

25 June 2020 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Red Wing, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Red Wing Rgnl (RGK)

Coordinates

44.5894, -92.4850

Aircraft

Hatz HATZ CB 1

Registration

N35JA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Red Wing → Red Wing

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20CA250

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to perform a go around following a bounced landing that resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was practicing landings with light wind present in his tailwheel airplane on an occasionally used grass area south of the paved runway. The pilot made one successful landing on the grass. During the next landing, the airplane bounced, which resulted in a nose up attitude. The pilot does not recall if he added engine power to remedy the bounced landing. However, the pilot did not perform a go-around as recommended by the Federal Aviation Administration Airplane Flying Handbook. The airplane stalled and impacted terrain in a nose low attitude. The propeller "dug in" the terrain and the airplane nosed over. The airplane subsequently sustained substantial empennage damage. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.