From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The PIC privacy data omitted landed at Merrill field runway 24 with about an 8 to 10 knot quartering left tail wind. The aircraft is equipped with gar aero 29X11-10 tires. Upon landing the aircraft cocked to the left hand side of the runway and exited approximately 1350 feet down the runway and nosed over on its back. Substantial damage to both wings, the prop, and the vertical stabilizer ensued. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that once the aircraft cocked to the left he could not keep the aircraft from exiting the runway. He applied hard right rudder and brake to no avail. He also stated that he should never have landed on the hard surface runway with the 29X11-10 tires installed on the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PIC ^PRIVACY DA^ LANDED AT MERRILL FIELD RUNWAY 24 WITH ABOUT AN 8 TO 10 KNOT QUARTERING LEFT TAIL WIND. THE AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH GAR AERO 29X11-10 TIRES. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT COCKED TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND EXITED APPROXIMATELY 1350 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, THE PROP, AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ENSUED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT ONCE THE AIRCRAFT COCKED TO THE LEFT HE COULD NOT KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM EXITING THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED HARD RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE TO NO AVAIL. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LANDED ON THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY WITH THE 29X11-10 TIRES INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.