# NTSB ATL03LA076: Larry Woods Venture, Fort Payne, AL, April 11, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 2003, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Fort Payne, AL
- Coordinates: 34.472778, -85.722221
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4728&lon=-85.7222&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Birmingham FSDO-09
- NTSB case key (mKey): 56828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL03LA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/56828/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=56828
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA076

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, during the landing roll, as the nose wheel touched down the airplane veered to the left. The pilot applied right brake and the airplane veered off the left side of runway 04, and nosed over. The airplane came to rest inverted. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed the propeller blades were bent, and damage to the tail and both wings. Examination of the airplane did not reveal any flight control or mechanical malfunctions.

## Factual narrative

On April 11, 2003 at 1130 central daylight time, a Venture experimental airplane, CGDJF, registered to and operated by a Canadian private pilot, veered off the side of runway 04 and nosed over during an attempted landing at Isbell Field, Fort Payne, Alabama. The personal flight was operated under the provision of Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured. The flight departed Centre Municipal Airport, Centre, Alabama on April 11, 2003 at 1115.

According to the pilot, during the landing roll, as the nose wheel touched down on the runway surface, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot applied right brake and the airplane veered off the left side of runway 04, and nosed over. The airplane came to rest inverted. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.

Examination of the airplane revealed the propeller blades were bent, and damage to the tail and both wings. Examination of the airplane did not reveal any flight control or mechanical malfunctions.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGDJF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Larry Woods Venture
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 01
- Airframe hours: 200
- Engines: Continental IO-55OG 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Larry E. Woods
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 12, 2002, 25 hours before
- Departed: C22, Centre, AL
- Destination: 4A9, Fort Payne, AL
- Airport: 4A9, Isbell Field, runway 04, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 6,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 6,000 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.84 inHg
- Observed at: CHA, 42 nm away

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 6, 2006, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=56828. 299 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 299 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40427469&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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.

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