# NTSB ATL95LA104: American AA-1, N6214L, Rock Hill, SC, June 1, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 1, 1995, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Rock Hill, SC - Coordinates: 34.929126, -81.01934 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9291&lon=-81.0193&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 13, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 3566 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL95LA104 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3566/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA104 ## Probable cause AN INOPERATIVE LEFT MAIN WHEEL BRAKE THAT RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. A FACTOR WAS THE WET, GRASS RUNWAY. ## 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 - landing gear,normal brake system - inoperative (cause) - directional control - not possible, pilot in command - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll ## Analysis THE PILOT LANDED ON A 2,600-FOOT WET, SOD RUNWAY. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT HELD THE AIRPLANE ON THE CENTERLINE BY USING THE RUDDER AND THE BRAKES. THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRPLANE IS NON-STEERABLE. APPROXIMATELY THREE-QUARTERS DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, AND IT SUDDENLY VEERED RIGHT. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN, AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP 10 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY, REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE AIRPLANE THAT INCLUDED REBUILDING THE LEFT BRAKE CALIPER BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE BRAKE AUTHORITY. ## Factual narrative On June 1, 1995, about 1200 eastern daylight time, an American AA-1, N6241L, collided with the terrain, during the landing roll, at the Country Squire Airport, near Rock Hill, South Carolina. The airplane was operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight. There were no injuries to the commercial pilot, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Origination of the flight was Huntersville, North Carolina at 1120 eastern daylight time. According to the pilot, he entered a left pattern for runway 09 at Country Squire Airport. He observed that the wind was out of the south at approximately 10 knots. He stated that he made a full flap landing on the first quarter of the wet, sod runway. He held the aircraft on the center of the runway with rudder and brakes while holding right aileron into the wind. The pilot indicated that the roll out was normal until reaching the last quarter of the 2600 foot runway. The aircraft suddenly veered right and collided with terrain. The aircraft came to a stop ten feet off the runway. An airworthiness inspector from the South Carolina Flight Standards District Office inspected the aircraft after the accident. Both brakes operated as intended. He noted that the airplane is equipped with a castering nose wheel that is non-steerable. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6214L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6214L-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N AA1-0173, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMERICAN AA-1 - Registry model: [American AA-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (registry code 0630610) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0173 - Airframe hours: 1959 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Richard D. Mcchesney - Registered owner: Spin Reps Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 14, 1995, 3 hours before - Departed: NC05, HUNTERSVILLE, NC - Destination: SC67 - Airport: SC67, Country Squire, runway 9, 2,600 × 75 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,728 total, 1,356 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 10 knots - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken - Temperature: 81 °F ## Other investigations on N6214L (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 CHI98LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA056), Nov 22, 1997: American AA-1 (N6214L), Nevada, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: a deer that ran onto the runway as the airplane was landing. The reduced light condition at dusk was a related factor. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.