# Accident 20160531008479A: Cygnet SF2A, Zanesville, OH, May 31, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2016, 15:45 local time
- Place: Zanesville, OH
- Airport: Parr
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0072° N, 82.0125° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0072&lon=-82.0125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81DK-2026-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Koons Donald H CYGNET (registry code 05655DT, https://openairdocs.org/model/koons-donald-h-cygnet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster 2100 (registry code 52550, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CYGNET SF2A
- Reported engine: REVMASTER 2100
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160531008479A

## Narrative

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

PIC LOST CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL-OUT DUE TO A GUST OF WIND. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN WHEEL DEPARTED THE PAVEMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PARALLELED THE RUNWAY THEN ROLLED OVER AN UNEVEN PORTION OF THE GRASS WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED.

## 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 GAA16CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA274), May 31, 2016: Koons Donald H Cygnet (N81DK), Zanesville, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion, and a nose over.

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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