Johnson HORNET N1928J

Summary

On 21 September 2002 at about 16:58 local time, a Johnson HORNET registered N1928J was involved in an accident near Archdale, North Carolina, 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

21 September 2002 at 16:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Archdale, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Johnson Field (72A)

Coordinates

35.8369, -79.9308

Aircraft

Johnson HORNET

Registration

N1928J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Archdale → Archdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA02LA171

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during final approach, which resulted in the airplane drifting off course and impacting with trees. Factors in this accident were the pilot's attention being diverted due to the right door not being secured.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that just after takeoff he realized that he forgot to secure the right door. He elected to return for landing and on approach he was lined up with the taxiway, and not the runway as he intended. He attempted to steer the airplane to the right in an attempt to make the runway, but could not attain the needed airspeed to correct the direction of flight, or climb enough to avoid impacting the trees. The pilot said, "…this accident was due to pilot error, nothing to due with the aircraft or power plant...I failed to fly the plane with full attention to landing. I gave too much attention to the door."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.