# Accident 20200227002109A: Freeman Heritage Collection SE5A, Kingsbury, TX, February 27, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kingsbury, TX
- Airport: Kingsbury Aerodrome
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6342° N, 97.8117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6342&lon=-97.8117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N685SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N685SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Freeman Heritage Collection SE5A (registry code 05635UG, https://openairdocs.org/model/freeman-heritage-collection-se5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright HISPANO E (registry code 67006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-hispano-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FREEMAN HERITAGE COLLECTION SE5A
- Reported engine: WRIGHT HISPANO E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200227002109A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TEST FLYING AIRCRAFT AT OLD KINGSBURY AERODROME. CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR VFR WITH A LIGHT QUARTERING

CROSSWIND OF ABOUT 6-7 KNOTS.

AFTER AIRCRAFT HANDLING AND SYSTEM OPERATIONS WERE DEEMED SATISFACTORY, PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, PILOT STATED AT THIS POINT THE CROSSWIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO CRAB HARD TO THE RIGHT AT WHICH TIME THE LANDING GEAR CROSS WIRE FAILED. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURED TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS, ELEVATOR AND RUDDER WERE ALSO DAMAGED. PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE (2 LOGGED HOURS) FLYING THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT WAS THE KEY FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE OR INJURY TO THE PILOT.

## 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 CEN20CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA105), Feb 27, 2020: Raf SE5A (N685SE), Kingsbury, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N685SE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20171003016109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171003016109A), Oct 3, 2017: Freeman Heritage Collection SE5A (N685SE), Virginia Beach, VA, Substantial damage. Aircraft substantially damaged when gear collapsed during emergency landing in cut corn field, causing a sudden stop of forward motion then flipping over on…

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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