19990521026259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airpts A-9B · Hartselle, AL · May 21, 1999

Date
May 21, 1999 · 13:50 local
Place
Hartselle, AL
Airport
Rountree Field Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9082A
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL99LA095
Reported as
Airpts A9B
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
349 total50 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(.4) On may 21, 1999, at 1350 central daylight time, an aircraft parts & development corp. A-9B, N9082A, collided with the ground, and nosed over during landing at the roundtree field airport, in hartsell, Alabama. The airplane was operated by the private pilot under the provisions of title 14 CFR part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight departed hartsell, Alabama, at approximately 1345. According to the pilot, during a high speed taxi familiarization, the airplane became airborne. At that point, the pilot elected to go around the pattern and land. The pilot reported that while on final approach to land, he stalled the airplane short of the runway; the airplane collided with the ground, and nosed over. According to the FAA, damage to the airplane consisted of the nose gear, propeller, and vertical stabilizer. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot. A review of the pilot's flight experience disclosed that he had not logged any flight time in the A-9B airp lane as pilot-in-command.

As the FAA filed it

(.4) ON MAY 21, 1999, AT 1350 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIRCRAFT PARTS & DEVELOPMENT CORP. A-9B, N9082A, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING AT THE ROUNDTREE FIELD AIRPORT, IN HARTSELL, ALABAMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED HARTSELL, ALABAMA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1345. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING A HIGH SPEED TAXI FAMILIARIZATION, THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE. AT THAT POINT, THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND THE PATTERN AND LAND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, HE STALLED THE AIRPLANE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY; THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, AND NOSED OVER. ACCORDING TO THE FAA, DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE CONSISTED OF THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT. A REVIEW OF THE PILOT'S FLIGHT EXPERIENCE DISCLOSED THAT HE HAD NOT LOGGED ANY FLIGHT TIME IN THE A-9B AIRP LANE AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.