# Accident 20140905016239A: Ealand Charles LIONHEART, Santa Maria, CA, September 5, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2014, 12:50 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9000° N, 120.4581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9000&lon=-120.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15TE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15TE-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ealand Charles LIONHEART (registry code 05607L6, https://openairdocs.org/model/ealand-charles-lionheart) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EALAND CHARLES LIONHEART
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 237 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140905016239A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2014, DURING A TAIL WHEEL LANDING AT KSMX, SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA, THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, N15TE, BOUNCED TWICE ON RUNWAY 30, AND DRIFTED RIGHT. IN ORDER TO MISS A SIGN, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOSED OVER.

## 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 WPR14CA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA365), Sep 5, 2014: Ealand Charles Lionheart (N15TE), Santa Maria, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare and subsequent loss of directional control during the landing roll.

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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