# Accident 20210707012729A: Eslinger C W/Eslinger S M CASSUTT, Pryor, OK, July 7, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2021, 07:20 local time
- Place: Pryor, OK
- Airport: Mid-America Industrial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2254° N, 95.3301° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2254&lon=-95.3301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8277S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8277S-2021-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eslinger C W/Eslinger S M CASSUTT (registry code 05606YQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/eslinger-c-w-eslinger-s-m-cassutt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ESLINGER C W/ESLINGER S M CASSUTT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,064 total, 369 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210707012729A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 7, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 0720 CST, THE PILOT OF A CASSUTT AMATEUR BUILT TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT, N8277S, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE LANDING ON RWY 36 AT MID-AMERICA INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT (H71)  PRYOR, OKLAHOMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND WINDS WERE LIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 36 TO THE RIGHT AND FLIPPED OVER AFTER ENCOUNTERING HIGH GRASS AND MUD. THE PILOT SUFFERED AN INJURED NECK AND WAS AIR EVACED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED LATER AND STATED HE HAD FLARED A LITTLE HIGH ON THE LANDING AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY A LITTLE HARDER THAN NORMAL WHICH LED TO HIM LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CONSEQUENTLY DEPARTING THE RUNWAY.   BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE CUT IN HALF TO AID IN RESCUE OPERATIONS BY FIRST RESPONDERS, THE AIRCRAFT IS CONSIDERED BEYOND REPAIR AND WILL BE SCRAPPED/DESTROYED. TELEPHONE COUNSELING WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE PILOT AND WILL ROGERS FSDO OPS INSPECTOR WHICH INCLUDED A REVIEW OF PROPER TAILWHEEL LANDING OPERATIONS. COUNSELING DOCUMENTED UNDER SAS TASK CODE FOR ACCIDENT T-SW15-FY21-1427 AND ACTIVITY CODE SW15202200147.

## 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 CEN21LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA311), Jul 7, 2021: Eslinger C W/Eslinger S M Cassutt (N8277S), Pryor, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s high flare and failure to execute a go-around which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion.

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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