- Date
- November 3, 2012, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N476XPFairchild Heli-Porter Pilatus PC6/B1A-H2
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 85497
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control.
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 commercial pilot said he applied full power to go around after a bounced landing. Torque generated by the turboprop engine pulled the airplane to the right, and the pilot stated that he was unable to arrest the turn. The airplane collided with trees, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing, fuselage, vertical stabilizer, both horizontal stabilizers, and the rudder. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The commercial pilot said he applied full power to go-around after a bounced landing. Torque generated by the turbo-prop engine pulled the airplane to the right and the pilot stated he was unable to arrest the turn. The airplane collided with trees resulting in substantial damage to the right wing, fuselage, vertical stabilizer, both horizontal stabilizers and the rudder. The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N476XP
- Reported as
- Fairchild Heli-Porter Pilatus PC6/B1A-H2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2040
- Engine
- P&W PT6A SER, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter Morris Burgdorfer
- Registered owner
- Paraclete Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GOS · Goshen, IN
- Destination
- GEO · Georgetown, OH
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- GEO · Georgetown, runway 35
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
- 61
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2012
- Flight hours
- 40,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 12, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.4 MB in all.