20130126004149A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mallory Christopher L RV-8 · Lake City, FL · January 26, 2013

Date
January 26, 2013 · 13:15 local
Place
Lake City, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N492CM
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA120
Reported as
Mallory Christopher L RV-8
Reported engine
Amateur-built LYCOMING
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total110 in this make and model15 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.

N492CV entered the traffic the traffic pattern for runway 36 at the cannon creek airport. The runway was experiencing a left to right crosswind at about 10 knots. Upon land and during rollout the pilot loss control of aircraft and the aircraft ground looped. This ground loop collapsed the right main gear and bent the right wing just outside the right fuel tank.

As the FAA filed it

N492CV ENTERED THE TRAFFIC THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 36 AT THE CANNON CREEK AIRPORT. THE RUNWAY WAS EXPERIENCING A LEFT TO RIGHT CROSSWIND AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS. UPON LAND AND DURING ROLLOUT THE PILOT LOSS CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. THIS GROUND LOOP COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND BENT THE RIGHT WING JUST OUTSIDE THE RIGHT FUEL TANK.

NTSB investigation

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