# Accident 20000925013919A: Supac LFA, Ione, CA, September 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2000, 18:50 local time
- Place: Ione, CA
- Airport: Howard/Private/Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2550° N, 120.9333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2550&lon=-120.9333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37820, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37820-2002-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Culver LFA (registry code 8730204, https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lfa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC199D&E series (registry code 27009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac199d-e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUPAC LFA
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 4AC199E3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000925013919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C TOUCHED DOWN AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE A/C LEFT THE RWY AND HIT A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION BY THE PILOTS. INDICAT ED THE RIGHT BRAKE HAD LOCKED POSSIBLY DUE TO A STONE PICKED UP ON THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY IS CONSTRUCTED OF GRAVEL AND ASPHALT. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2000, AT 1700 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CULVER LFA, N37820, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY, AND NOSED OVER WHILE LANDING ON A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR IONE, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP EARLIER THAT AFTERNOON. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT WAS LANDING TO THE EAST ON THE EAST-WEST DIRT STRIP WHEN THE AIRPLANE BEGAN VEERING TO THE RIGHT. AFTER ROLLING ABOUT 300 FEET DOWN THE STRIP, THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A FENCE COLLAPSING THE MAIN GEAR, AND NOSED OVER. THE WITNESS ALSO REPORTED THAT AFTER LOOKING AT THE                      AIRPLANE'S TRACK IN THE DIRT, IT APPEARED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN WAS MORE PRONOUNCED. HE SAID THAT THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE ALSO SHOWED EVIDENCE OF ABRASION ON ITS TREAD SURFACE. HE CHECKED THE BRAKES IN THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS "DEFINITELY" DRAGGING. HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH CLEVELAND BRAKES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE (STC). POST CRASH EXAMINATION REVEALED A BROKEN ROTOR DISK ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## 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 LAX00LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA348), Sep 26, 2000: Culver LFA (N37820), Ione, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the right brake during the landing roll resulting in loss of directional control and subsequent nose over of the airplane.

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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