- Date
- November 5, 2023, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kokomo, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29XBTom Hodgson 29
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: 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-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20231105020849I
- Case key
- 193348
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 failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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 the B-29 replica airplane’s nose landing gear encountered a depression on the runway during the landing roll. The airplane yawed to the left, departed the runway surface, and struck a golf cart with a spectator, that was parked on the edge of the runway. The spectator sustained minor injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29XB
- Reported as
- Tom Hodgson 29
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Built
- 2023
- Airframe hours
- 8
- Engines
- IDC 15460, 109 horsepower, reciprocatingIDC 29128, 109 horsepower, reciprocatingIDC 3148, 109 horsepower, reciprocatingIDC 23596, 109 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight test · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N29xb LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · October 18, 2023
- Departed
- 8I3 · Kokomo, IN
- Airport
- 8I3 · Glenndale Airport, runway 36, 2,048 × 110 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 76
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 8, 2023
- Seat
- Center
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KOKK, 9 nm away
- METAR
- KOKK 051856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/02 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP232 60000 T01280017 10128 21006 58009
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 21, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 MB 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.