# NTSB CEN21LA469: Meuer SA900 V-STAR, N675MM, Kokomo, IN, September 30, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 30, 2021, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Kokomo, IN - Coordinates: 40.4864, -86.1336 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4864&lon=-86.1336&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 104025 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN21LA469 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104025/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA469 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate speed and altitude during final approach, which resulted in an off field landing short of the runway and a subsequent nose over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Meuer Mark SA900 V STAR, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=05621R7), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot; cases with it: [Meuer Mark SA900 V STAR, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md?model=05621R7), [All aircraft, 330 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) (defining event); cases with it: [Meuer Mark SA900 V STAR, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=05621R7), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Meuer Mark SA900 V STAR, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05621R7), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Meuer Mark SA900 V STAR, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=05621R7), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that after a normal downwind and base leg, he turned to final to line the airplane up with the runway. As he was lining up, the airplane descended too low, got too slow, and touched down in a bean field short of the runway. As the airplane rolled out, the main landing gear caught on vegetation and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest on its back. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and upper wing. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N675MM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N675MM), registered now, S/N 008, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MEUER SA900 V-STAR - Registry model: [Meuer Mark SA900 V STAR](https://openairdocs.org/model/meuer-mark-sa900-v-star) (registry code 05621R7) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 008 - Year built: 2007 - Engines: LYCOMING O-290 SERIES 140 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Flight test, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Departed: 8I3, Kokomo, IN - Destination: 8I3, Kokomo, IN - Airport: 8I3, Glendale Airport, runway 18/36, 2,048 × 110 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 7, 2020; seat: single; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 186 total, 0.3 in this make and model, 141 as pilot in command, 7.7 in the last 90 days, 5.3 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 110° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 0 ft - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 59 °F - Altimeter: 29.47 inHg - Observed at: OKK, 5 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20210930016879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210930016879A), Sep 30, 2021: Meuer Mark SA900 V STAR, Kokomo, IN, Substantial damage. On September 30, 2021 at 1820 local, a sport pilot, later identified as [privacy data omitted], was involved in a non-fatal aircraft accident .1 miles south of… ## Other investigations on N675MM (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ERA09CA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA327), Jun 6, 2009: Meuer Mark SA900 V ST (N675MM), Winchester, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the right brake during landing rollout. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 25, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104025. 2.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13804446&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photos (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 786 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13805265&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photos-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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