- Date
- August 22, 2012, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Centralia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25015Fantasy Air Sro Allegro 2000
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120822017599A
- Case key
- 84813
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.
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, after a normal approach and landing, the airplane became airborne again. The airplane drifted to the left and the pilot applied engine power and right rudder to correct for that drift; however, the airplane did not respond to his inputs. The airplane contacted a grass surface and turned sharply to the left, sustaining substantial left wing and aileron damage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
***This report was modified on November 29, 2012. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report.*** The pilot reported that, after a normal approach and landing, the airplane became airborne again. The airplane drifted to the left, and the pilot applied engine power and right rudder to correct for that drift; however, the airplane did not respond to his inputs. The airplane contacted a grass surface and turned sharply to the left, sustaining substantial left wing and aileron damage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25015
- Reported as
- Fantasy Air Sro Allegro 2000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 06-231
- Airframe hours
- 343.4
- Engine
- Rotax 912-UL, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot
- Registered owner
- Pilot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 2012
- Departed
- ENL · Centralia, IL
- Destination
- ENL · Centralia, IL
- Airport
- ENL · Centralia Municipal Airport, runway 09, 3,300 × 60 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
- 79
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 173 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- ENL
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 18, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 410 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.