# Accident 19990613006899A: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV, Mc Kinney, TX, June 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1999, 14:15 local time
- Place: Mc Kinney, TX
- Airport: Mc Kinney Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 33.1700° N, 96.7001° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1700&lon=-96.7001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV (registry code 1922828, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadian-car-foundry-harvard-mk-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990613006899A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT WAS IN THE PATTERN AND WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN IT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING AND RAN OFF THE RWY, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)PILOT WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING.  THE PILOT STATED AS HE REACHED FOR THE FLAP HANDLE HE FELT THE RIGHT WING COME UP.  HE THEN APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON.  AIRCRAFT MADE GRADULE RIGHT TURN.  PILOT STATED THE ARICRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO THE RUDDER.  HE THEN APPLIED ENGINE POWER TO ACHIEVE RUDDER RESPONSE.  GRADULE RIGHT TURNED CONTINUED AS EVIDENCED BY TIRE MARKS.  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST ON THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT MADE GRADULE RIGHT TURN AND LEFT RUWNAY.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS A 100' WIDE BY 10' DEEP DRAINAGE DITCH.  AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO NOSE OVER AFTER CRESTING FAR SIDE OF DRAINAGE DITCH EVIDENCED BY PROP STRIKE MARKS IN THE DIRT.  AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER, NOSE FIRST, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  IMMEDIATE DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, ENGINE COWL, LEFT OUTBOARD WING SECTION, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER, AND ENTIRE CANOPY SECTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW99LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA163), Jun 13, 1999: Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MK IV (N59TS), Mckinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing. Contributing factors were the elevator control restriction, the pilot's inadequate preflight, the ditch, and gusty conditions.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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