- Date
- March 31, 2012, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Emporia, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3673TTaylorcraft F19
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA -- Wichita Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20120331006559A
- Case key
- 83273
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a ground loop and impact with a fence.
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 landing on runway 18 when the airplane started to yaw to the right. Rudder correction was not sufficient to stop the yaw, and the brakes did not seem to help. The runway consisted of about 8-inch-tall grass at the time. The pilot was ultimately unable to maintain directional control and the airplane rotated about 180 degrees before impacting a fence located about 30 feet from the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and aft fuselage. Wind near the accident site was from 210 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot reported that there were no failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was landing on runway 18 when the airplane started to yaw to the right. Rudder correction was not sufficient to stop the yaw, and the brakes did not seem to help. The runway consisted of about 8-inch tall grass at the time. The pilot was ultimately unable to maintain directional control and the airplane rotated approximately 180 degrees before impacting a fence located about 30 feet from the runway. Wind in the vicinity of the accident site was from 210 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot noted that there no failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and aft fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3673T
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F-081
- Airframe hours
- 1,430
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 2011
- Departed
- SN04 · Emporia, KS
- Destination
- SN04 · Emporia, KS
- Airport
- SN04 · Roberts Memorial, runway 18, 1,800 × 60 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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 21, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 591 total · 34 in this make and model · 591 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP, 10 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 23, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 546 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.