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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Smith Miniplane DSA-1 · Fulton, MO · May 12, 2021

Date
May 12, 2021 · 12:50 local
Place
Fulton, MO
Airport
Elton Hensley Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N179VP
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA217
Reported as
Smith Miniplane DSA-1
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
587 total8 in this make and model9 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.

The pilot was landing for fuel on a ferry flight from Ohio to Colorado. Upon landing touchdown was uneventful, after landing, while transitioning to roll out, the aircraft began to ground loop, the pilot overcorrected then overcorrected the opposite direction and lost control and the airplane flipped over on its back.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING FOR FUEL ON A FERRY FLIGHT FROM OHIO TO COLORADO. UPON LANDING TOUCHDOWN WAS UNEVENTFUL, AFTER LANDING, WHILE TRANSITIONING TO ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP, THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED THEN OVERCORRECTED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.

NTSB investigation

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