# Accident 20160610010219A: Bareiss David A TANGO 2, Sunrise Beach, TX, June 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2016, 08:45 local time
- Place: Sunrise Beach, TX
- Airport: Sunrise Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5994° N, 98.4094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5994&lon=-98.4094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N324TT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N324TT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bareiss David A TANGO 2 (registry code 05623O8, https://openairdocs.org/model/bareiss-david-a-tango-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAREISS DAVID A TANGO 2
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,655 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160610010219A

## Narrative

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

06-10-2016, AIRMAN DEPARTED SUNRISE BEACH (2KL) ENROUTE TO LLANO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT(AQO) AND CONDUCTED SEVERAL TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS.  FOLLOWING THIS THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SUNRISE BEACH FOR A FULL-STOP LANDING.  FOLLOWING A NORMAL APPROACH TO A SOFT FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.  WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL WAS LOWERED TO THE GROUND IT SANK INTO THE SOD TO THE DEPTH OF THE WHEEL SKIRT.  FOLLOWING A SHORT DISTANCE ON ALL THREE WHEELS THE NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO THE SOD, COMING TO AN ABRUPT STOP.  THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED AND FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

THERE WAS NO ABNORMAL INDICATION IN THE RUNWAY GRASS FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.

THE NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO THE SOD, AT LEAST TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL SKIRT, DIGGING A SMALL CONTINUOUS TRENCH.  THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF NOSE WHEEL WEIGHT AND SOFTNESS/SATURATION OF THE SOD IN THAT AREA.

WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL CAME UPON AN AREA THAT WAS EVEN MORE SOFT/SATURATED, IT SANK EVEN DEEPER INTO THE SOD.  THE AIRCRAFT SPEED WAS SUCH THAT THE MOMENTUM CARRIED IT TAIL-OVER TO COME TO REST INVERTED AND FACING 180 DEGREES FROM THE LANDING DIRECTION.

THE PORTION OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED APPEARS TO BE A SLIGHT DEPRESSION AND WAS THUS MORE WATER-SATURATED THAN THE TOUCHDOWN AREA.

THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE, NOR HAZMAT SPILL.

## 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 GAA16CA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA299), Jun 10, 2016: Bareiss David A Tango 2 (N324TT), Sunrise Beach Village, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The nosewheel fairing becoming packed with debris during landing on the soft field due to a gap between the nosewheel tire and the fairing, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent…

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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