20061020030379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · GLASTARGS2 · Santa Rosa · October 20, 2006

Date: October 20, 2006 · 12:30 local
Place: Santa Rosa
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N429AD
NTSB investigation: NTSBLAX07CA018
Reported as: GLASTARGS2
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,304 total45 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N429ADRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2008 · Codding G D/Fluno J SPORTSMAN GS-2S/N 7052 · Built 2004 Airframe modelCodding G D/Fluno J SPORTSMAN GS-2 Engine modelLycoming O-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The aircraft piloted by privacy data omitted left sts heading locally to a Private strip. The pilot flew over and checked the windsock and started to land using the direction of the sock as the guide. The pilot landed and was running out of runway and applied brakes too hard and the aircraft flipped. No injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. After the accident the pilot noticed the windsock was fouled on a guide wire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT STS HEADING LOCALLY TO A PRIVATE STRIP. THE PILOT FLEW OVER AND CHECKED THE WINDSOCK AND STARTED TO LAND USING THE DIRECTION OF THE SOCK AS THE GUIDE. THE PILOT LANDED AND WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES TOO HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED. NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT NOTICED THE WINDSOCK WAS FOULED ON A GUIDE WIRE.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB LAX07CA018Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportHopland, CAthe pilot's excessive braking during landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing over. A contributing factor was the erroneous windsock indication, which prompted the pilot to land with a tailwind, and inadvertently increase his landing roll.Oct 20, 2006 · Substantial damage