20170927011309A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · American Legend AL18 · Bessemer, AL · September 27, 2017

Date
September 27, 2017 · 11:50 local
Place
Bessemer, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N200XW
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA561
Reported as
American Legend AL18
Reported engine
TITAN OX-340
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
11,100 total150 in this make and model10 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.

Conventional gear airplane utilized for primary flight instruction inadvertent brake application on landing roll combined with directional control problem resulted in airplane over turning.

Possibility exists that caliper placement and over sized tires may have contributed. Investigation on going.

As the FAA filed it

CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRPLANE UTILIZED FOR PRIMARY FLIGHT INSTRUCTION INADVERTENT BRAKE APPLICATION ON LANDING ROLL COMBINED WITH DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM RESULTED IN AIRPLANE OVER TURNING.

POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT CALIPER PLACEMENT AND OVER SIZED TIRES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED. INVESTIGATION ON GOING.

NTSB investigation

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