14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in Birdsboro, PA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/27/2014
Aircraft: BERTAGNA JOHN JUST HIGHLANDER, registration: N61148
Injuries: 2 Minor.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
According to the pilot, he taxied to the active runway for takeoff. The takeoff was normal and he turned downwind for a practice landing. During the landing flare the airplane "bounced," and power was added in an attempt to perform a go-around. The airplane "stalled" and impacted the runway resulting in a post-crash fire that destroyed the airplane. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's improper landing flare and recovery from a bounced landing resulting in loss of aircraft control.
BERT'S: https://nfdc.faa.gov/PS38
Flight Standards District Office: FAA Philadelphia FSDO-17
JOHN BERTAGNA: http://registry.faa.gov/N61148
WEST READING, Pa. - A pilot who was injured when his small plane crashed in Berks County earlier this week is improving.
Doctors at Reading Hospital on Friday upgraded John Bertagna's condition to fair.
He had been in serious condition. Bertagna's passenger, Steven Bosshard, of Manasquan, New Jersey, remains hospitalized in good condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
NTSB takes over probe of plane crash in Amity Investigation continues into small plane crash in Amity Twp.
Both men were injured Wednesday afternoon when the small plane they were flying crashed on the grass airstrip Bertagna owns in Amity Township, officials said.
Bertagna was described by his neighbors as a skilled pilot who flew planes while in the Marines and for commercial airlines.
Neighbors said the crashed plane was only about a month old.
Records indicated it was a 2014 Just Highlander.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
An NTSB representative told 69 News that it could take between six months and a year to determine what caused the plane to go down.
Story: http://www.wfmz.com
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