20111005024639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Evans David LANCAIR LEGACY · Branson, MO · October 5, 2011

Date
October 5, 2011 · 20:30 local
Place
Branson, MO
Airport
M. Graham Clark-Taney County
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N92SX
Reported as
Evans David Lancair Legacy
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
875 total270 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

The pilot landed at night in an airplane that does not have a steerable nosewheel. He was unable to maintain directional control on the runway with rudder and differential braking. He skidded off the right side of the runway, with a light crosswind from the right, while completing a 180 degree turn, ground-looping, to the right. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the landing gear, fuselage and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LANDED AT NIGHT IN AN AIRPLANE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A STEERABLE NOSEWHEEL. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON THE RUNWAY WITH RUDDER AND DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. HE SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WITH A LIGHT CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT, WHILE COMPLETING A 180 DEGREE TURN, GROUND-LOOPING, TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER.