# Accident 20110918024029A: Mark Divita RV-8, Lancaster, TX, September 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2011, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5775° N, 96.7175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5775&lon=-96.7175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98D-2011-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mark Divita RV-8 (registry code 05630VM, https://openairdocs.org/model/mark-divita-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1B (registry code 41871, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MARK DIVITA RV-8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA658](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA658) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110918024029A

## Narrative

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

ASI CONDUCTED PERSONAL INTERVIEW OF PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 9/19/11 AT LANCASTER AIRPORT, LANCASTER, TX.  PILOT INDICATED HE HAD MADE 2 PREVIOUS FLIGHTS IN N98D THAT MORNING WITH NO EVIDENT PROBLEMS.  AIRCRAFT HAD APPROX 15 HRS TOTAL TIME AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  ADDS WEATHER REPORTED WINDS: @ 2015Z WERE 180 DEGREES @ 12 KTS GUST TO 16 KTS, @ 2035 190 DEGREES @ 8 KTS, @ 2055 190 DEGREES @ 9 KTS GUST TO 14 KTS. PILOT STATED HE HAD MADE 2-3 TOUCH AND GOES TO RUNWAY 13 AND WAS MAKING HIS FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING.  TOUCHDOWN AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 60-70 KNOTS.  PILOT STATES AS AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DECELERATE IT BEGAN TO MAKE A MODERATELY SLOW RIGHT TURN.  HE STATES HIS AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 KNOTS.  HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT A RIGHT GROUND LOOP.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS AND BEGAN TO SKID HARD RIGHT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE WEIGHT ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  IT SUBSEQUENTLY LEFT THE RUNWAY, HITTING A RUNWAY SIGN.  AS THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP BEHIND THE WING SPAR AND LEFT WING NEAR THE ATTACHMENT POINT.

## 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 CEN11LA658](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA658), Sep 18, 2011: Mark Divita RV-8 (N98D), Lancaster, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the tailwheel to remain locked during a crosswind landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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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