# Accident 20181024020799A: Elliott Owen D SORRELL SNS-7, Middletown, OH, October 24, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2018, 10:15 local time
- Place: Middletown, OH
- Airport: Middletown Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5319° N, 84.3964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5319&lon=-84.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8053Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8053Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elliott Owen D SORRELL SNS-7 (registry code 05655Y2, https://openairdocs.org/model/elliott-owen-d-sorrell-sns-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ELLIOTT OWEN D SORRELL SNS-7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181024020799A

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1015 EDT, A SORRELL SNS-7 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION N-NUMBER N8053Q LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE ROLL-OUT PHASE OF THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 (3,040 FEET BY 297 FEET, TURF). THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS FIELD SOUTH OF RUNWAY 26.

THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS? STATEMENTS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN TOWARDS THE LEFT WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED THE BRAKES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT?S DIRECTION BACK TO THE RIGHT TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY CENTERLINE BY APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER.  AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN TO THE LEFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO RELEASE THE BRAKES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO APPLY MORE RIGHT RUDDER TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  BRAKE PEDALS WERE NOT INSTALLED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT ABLE TO DIRECTLY CONTROL THE BRAKE INPUTS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS ABLE TO APPLY ENOUGH RIGHT RUDDER INPUTS TO STRAIGHTEN-OUT THE AIRCRAFT?S PATH; HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT?S PATH WAS ULTIMATELY POINTED IN A DIRECTION TO TAKE THE AIRCRAFT BEYOND THE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE TURF RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE IMPACTED A SMALL HOLE IN THE GRASS FIELD WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND SEPARATE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP WITH BOTH THE RIGHT LOWER WING AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTING THE GROUND.

REVIWED BY DWS 11/29/2018

## 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 CEN19LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA013), Oct 24, 2018: Sorrell Sorrell SNS 7 (N8053Q), Middletown, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing rollout for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in the right wing striking the ground.

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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