20161002024379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Andrew Harold STOL CH 701 · Berryton, KS · October 2, 2016

Date
October 2, 2016 · 15:55 local
Place
Berryton, KS
Airport
Private Airstrip
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N768HA
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA003
Reported as
Andrew Harold Stol CH 701
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total230 in this make and model24 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.

During the landing and touchdown phase at the airman's private grass runway, the airman failed to center the nose gear on touch down during a cross-wind landing, resulting in side loads that bent the nose gear and caused the aircraft to nose over. Damage from the accident was most evident to the right wing spar and aileron. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING AND TOUCHDOWN PHASE AT THE AIRMAN'S PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY, THE AIRMAN FAILED TO CENTER THE NOSE GEAR ON TOUCH DOWN DURING A CROSS-WIND LANDING, RESULTING IN SIDE LOADS THAT BENT THE NOSE GEAR AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. DAMAGE FROM THE ACCIDENT WAS MOST EVIDENT TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR AND AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

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