REDMOND, OR, USA
N52898
Limes CHALLENGER II
While on short final to a 500 foot long, grass field, the homebuilt aircraft clipped the top wire of a fence and then collided with terrain. The pilot reported that the aircraft could be landed in 150 feet of ground roll.
On May 10, 1996, approximately 1200 hours Pacific daylight time, a homebuilt Limes Challenger II, N52898, being flown by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when the aircraft impacted a fence and collided with terrain while landing in a field near Redmond, Oregon. The pilot was uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated from the Cline Falls Air Park airport, Cline Falls, Oregon, approximately 1145. The pilot reported that the aircraft required 150 feet for landing roll and that he was executing an approach to an open field approximately 500 feet in length. He further reported that on short final he "felt the wind push (me) down , immediately (I) corrected with full power and nose up control but there was not time to recover." One of the aircraft's main wheels impacted the top wire of a fence and the aircraft pitched down and impacted the ground.
the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude on final approach, and his failure to maintain proper clearance from an object (fence) in his approach path. The fence was a related factor.
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