Hemet-Ryan Airport, Hemet, CA

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Accident occurred Sunday, July 20, 2008 in Hemet, CA
Aircraft: Aero SP Z O O AT-4, registration: N706GB
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

On July 20, 2008, at 0745 Pacific daylight time, a Special - Light Sport Aircraft (S-LSA) Aero SP Z O O AT-4, N706GB, landed hard and porpoised down runway 23, collapsing the nose landing gear, at Hemet-Ryan Airport, Hemet, California. Hemet Flight Center, LLC., operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91, as an instructional flight. The LSA student, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane sustained structural damage to the firewall during the landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight in the traffic pattern, and no flight plan had been filed.

According to the student pilot, he had made two uneventful landings prior to the accident landing. On the accident landing he reduced the power to idle, added 15 degrees of flaps, and noted his airspeed as 60 knots indicated airspeed (KIAS). He had to increase the engine revolutions per minute (rpm) as the headwind was stronger than he had originally anticipated. However, he reduced the engine rpm's to idle before "descending onto the runway."

The pilot stated that the airspeed was 45-40 KIAS. He leveled off and eased the control stick back "for a stall." He reported that the airplane seemed to "run out of air and dropped." The airplane bounced twice. On the second bounce, the airplane bounced "unexpectedly high," and turned a few degrees to the left. The airplane was now at an angle to the runway, and when it touched down again, the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane skidded towards the left of the runway before coming to a stop upright on the side of the runway.

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Accident occurred Saturday, October 06, 2007 in Hemet, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 11/29/2007
Aircraft: LET Blanik L-13, registration: N510CS
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
The pilot encountered a loss of lift during the latter part of the pattern and subsequently collided with the airport boundary fence on final approach. The pilot stated that during the downwind leg, he partially deployed the flaps, and partially opened the air brake. He encountered a significant loss of lift on the final leg, but could not recall whether he closed the air brake. A photograph taken immediately after the accident by the pilot's flight instructor showed the air brake to be open, with the flaps deployed. The pilot was checked out by his flight instructor to fly the L-13 glider earlier that day. The accident flight was his first solo flight in this glider type.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate due to his failure to close the air brake and/or partially retract the flaps during an encounter with lost lift on final approach.

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Accident occurred Sunday, July 23, 2006 in Hemet, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 4/25/2007
Aircraft: Cessna 182P, registration: N9886M
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
The airplane's nose landing gear collapsed and the right wing impacted terrain during a precautionary landing on a dirt strip. The pilot said that as the flight neared its intended destination, the airplane's engine began to shake violently and backfire. The pilot reduced power to lessen the effects of the shaking and backfiring. He confirmed that the fuel selector, magnetos, and engine controls were properly set and set up for an off airport landing on a dirt strip. During the landing roll, the airplane drifted off the dirt strip due to a crosswind. The nose landing gear dug into the soft dirt adjacent to the field and collapsed. A post accident test run of the engine and examination of the carburetor revealed no anomalies that would have resulted in the reported engine shake and backfire. Review of a carburetor icing probability chart showed that with the temperature and dew point that existed at the time of the accident, a chance of light carburetor
icing probability existed at cruise or descent power.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

the shaking and backfiring of the engine for undetermined reasons.

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Accident occurred Saturday, September 21, 2002 in HEMET, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 7/29/2004
Aircraft: PZL-Bielsko SZD-42-2 JANTAR, registration: N131AS
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
The glider collided with terrain under unknown circumstances. A witness reported that he and the accident pilot were in separate gliders climbing over the mountains. The accident pilot was about 1,000 feet lower than the witness. Moments later, the witness saw the accident pilot on the side of the mountain with the glider facing downward. Although both gliders were equipped with radios, no radio communications took place. Investigators established control continuity and found no preimpact anomalies.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude.


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