- Date
- October 7, 2020, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Richmond, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N744KKjostad Jorgen A Wagabond
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 102125
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent nose-over. Contributing was the pilot’s lack of experience in the accident airplane.
Findings · 3
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 while landing from an introductory flight of his recently purchased airplane, the airplane bounced, and then when touching down again, immediately veered right. The airplane departed the right side of the runway into the grass, subsequently nosed over, and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and the left wing strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 14 with wind calm. The pilot reported that he had not previously landed the make and model of the accident airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N744K
- Reported as
- Kjostad Jorgen A Wagabond
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- J-4
- Built
- 2002
- Airframe hours
- 154
- Engine
- Continental 0200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · August 29, 2020
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KRNH · New Richmond Regional Airport, runway 14, 5,507 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 79
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 18, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 6,251 total · 0 in this make and model · 5,835 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- Lap only
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KRNH