- Date
- May 16, 2014, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bonne Terre, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N627CSSantschi Chris A Vans RV8
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20140516007669A
- Case key
- 89276
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control on takeoff.
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 private pilot said that during the takeoff roll in his tail wheel-equipped airplane, he lifted the tail off the ground when the airplane was about 50 feet down the runway. The airplane then made a sudden turn to the left and veered off the runway. The left wing struck the ground and the airplane flipped over,which resulted in substantial damage to both wings, the vertical stabilizer and an engine mount. The pilot reported the wind was blowing about 5 knots directly down the runway and there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or the engine.
Factual narrative
The private pilot said that during the takeoff roll in his tail wheel-equipped airplane, he lifted the tail off the ground when the airplane was about 50 feet down the runway. The airplane then made a sudden turn to the left and veered off the runway. The left wing struck the ground and the airplane flipped over,which resulted in substantial damage to both wings, the vertical stabilizer and an engine mount. The pilot reported the wind was blowing about 5 knots directly down the runway and there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N627CS
- Reported as
- Santschi Chris A Vans RV8 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 80881
- Built
- 2005
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Santschi Chris A
- Registered owner
- Santschi Chris A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 1BT · Bonne Terre, MO
- Destination
- 1BT · Bonne Terre, MO
- Airport
- 1BT · Bonne Terre Municipal, runway 32, 2,900 × 49 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 52 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 585 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.