- Date
- August 31, 2011, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- East Liverpool, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10365Piper L-21B
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-Cleveland FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110831018439A
- Case key
- 81664
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
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
The pilot reported that he was attempting to perform a touch-and-go landing with full flaps in the tailwheel-equipped airplane. He stated that the main wheels touched the ground first, followed by the tailwheel, and the airplane then veered off the left side of the runway and into a gully. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the left wing outboard of the strut attachment point and the fuselage structure were bent.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was attempting to perform a full flap touch and go landing in the tailwheel equipped airplane. He stated that the main wheels touched the ground first followed by the tailwheel and the airplane then veered off the left side of the runway and into a gully. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the left wing outboard of the strut attachment point, and the fuselage structure were bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10365
- Reported as
- Piper L-21B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 54-2533
- Airframe hours
- 2,932
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290 SERIES, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William C. Schillig
- Registered owner
- Air Heritage Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 2011
- Departed
- BVI · Beaver Falls, PA
- Destination
- BVI · Beaver Falls, PA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 02G · Columbiana Country Airport, runway 25, 3,503 × 75 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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 20, 2010
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 12,779 total · 172 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 30, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 628 KB 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 N10365 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.