20160925016009A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · BRM Aero BRISTELL S-LSA · Minden, NV · September 25, 2016

Date
September 25, 2016 · 07:30 local
Place
Minden, NV
Airport
Minden-Tahoe
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N180BL
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA513
Reported as
BRM Aero Bristell S-LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
129 total79 in this make and model79 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot and his passenger departed A34 on a flight to mev. Upon arrival, the pilots performed a touch and go landing. During a second landing, the pilot was left of the runway center line so he attempted to correct to the right. The pilot overcorrected to the right of the centerline, then swerved back left again crossing the runway centerline. These corrective oscillations continued and intensified until the right main landing gear (wheel and strut) failed and the right wing dropped to the taxiway causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER DEPARTED A34 ON A FLIGHT TO MEV. UPON ARRIVAL, THE PILOTS PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. DURING A SECOND LANDING, THE PILOT WAS LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE SO HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE, THEN SWERVED BACK LEFT AGAIN CROSSING THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THESE CORRECTIVE OSCILLATIONS CONTINUED AND INTENSIFIED UNTIL THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (WHEEL AND STRUT) FAILED AND THE RIGHT WING DROPPED TO THE TAXIWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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