# Accident 20210914017479A: American Legend Aircraft Co AL3, Andover, NJ, September 14, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2021, 14:30 local time
- Place: Andover, NJ
- Airport: Aeroflex-Andover
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0086° N, 74.7380° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0086&lon=-74.7380&mi=10
- Aircraft: N948FS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N948FS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Legend AL3 (registry code 060002K, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-legend-al3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA375) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210914017479A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM OLD BRIDGE TO ANDOVER. WHILE APPROACHING THE AIRPORT HE STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS VARIABLE AND HE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE GRASS STRIP PORTION OF RUNWAY 3. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND AN EYEWITNESS, THE PILOT WAS FAST ON HIS FIRST APPROACH AND ELECTED TO GO AROUND. THE EYEWITNESS ALSO STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE WINDS WERE REPORTED VARIABLE THERE APPEARED TO BE A TAILWIND WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 3. THE PILOT MADE A SECOND APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3 AND ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOT AND WITNESS, TOUCHED DOWN AFTER MIDPOINT ON THE RUNWAY CLOSER TO 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SLOWED THE AIRPLANE NORMALLY AND WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO DEPART WHEN HE GOT TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE EYE WITNESS ALSO STATED THAT IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT A SLOW ENOUGH SPEED BEFORE IT FLIPPED OVER THAT IT DID NOT APPEAR AS THOUGH THE PILOT WAS GOING TO OVERSHOOT THE RUNWAY AND THAT HE WAS ESSENTIALLY AT A TAXI SPEED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED ON THE GRASS RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA21LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA375), Sep 14, 2021: American Legend AL3 (N948FS), Andover Township, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's excessive asymmetrical application of the brakes, which resulted in a nose over.

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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