- Date
- November 13, 1991, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Trezevant, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49GAGeorga L. Atwood Kitfox III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911113051449A
- Case key
- 8547
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper handling of the airplane which resulted in a noseover.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private pilot was attempting a wheel landing on the private sod field. He stated that he applied the brakes too hard, and the aircraft nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49GA
- Reported as
- Georga L. Atwood Kitfox III
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1048
- Airframe hours
- 34
- Engine
- Rotax 582LC, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Atwood, George L.
- Registered owner
- Atwood, George L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- HZD · Mckensie, TN
- Airport
- NONE · Private Strip, runway 18, 900 × 40 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 229 total · 29 in this make and model · 181 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.