- Date
- August 9, 2009, 20:00 local (Aug 10, 2009, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salina, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N75263Boeing A75L300
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090809016539A
- Case key
- 74484
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
While performing a touch-and-go, the commercial pilot applied the airplane's throttle to initiate the takeoff. The pilot subsequently lost directional control of the tail-wheel equipped airplane as the airplane veered towards the left side of the runway. The pilot added full engine power and attempted to "power out" of the loss of directional control. However, the airplane contacted vegetation and soft soil resulting in the airplane nosing over and coming to rest in the inverted position. Substantial damage was sustained to the top wing and the rudder. An examination of the airplane and engine found no pre-impact anomalies.
Factual narrative
While performing a touch-and-go, the commercial pilot applied the airplane's throttle to initiate a takeoff. The pilot subsequently lost directional control of the tail-wheel equipped airplane as the airplane veered towards the left side of the runway. The pilot added full engine power and attempted to "power out" of the loss of directional control. However, the airplane contacted vegetation and soft soil resulting in the airplane nosing over and coming to rest in the inverted position. Substantial damage was sustained to the top wing and the rudder. An examination of the airplane and engine by Federal Aviation Administration inspectors found no pre-impact anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75263
- Reported as
- Boeing A75L300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-3621
- Engine
- Lycoming R680, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed
- KSLN · Salina, KS
- Destination
- KSLN · Salina, KS
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- KSLN · Salina Municipal, runway 30, 6,510 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 9,999 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- KSLN
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 22, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N75263 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.