- Date
- November 17, 2023, 13:04 local (19:04 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain View, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N425LMICP Savannah S
- 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 FSDO
- FAA report
- 20231117021529I
- Case key
- 193404
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 sport pilot’s poor decision to allow a noncertificated pilot to land the airplane which resulted in a loss of control during landing.
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 purpose of the flight was for a potential buyer (not a certificated pilot) to receive a familiarization flight from a sport pilot before the purchase of the airplane. The sport pilot demonstrated two to three touch and go landings. He stated that each touch and go had various crosswinds and wind gusts. After the demonstrated touch and go landings, the potential buyer asked if he could try an approach and landing, took the flight controls, and flew a standard traffic pattern. He noted that the windsock was straight out and perpendicular to the runway on short final before landing. Upon touchdown, the right wing rose suddenly, and the left wing struck the runway. The airplane veered to the left and the potential buyer applied the brakes. The sport pilot took the flight controls and attempted a go-around, during which the airplane exited the runway to the left, struck a runway light and spun around. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. There were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident the potential buyer was landing the airplane on runway 27 with wind variable at 4 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N425LM
- Reported as
- ICP Savannah S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-11-54-0920
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 9.6
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · August 23, 2023 · 9.6 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 7M2 · Mountain View Airport, runway 27, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B
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
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Sport pilot, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 1 in this make and model
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KBVX, 23 nm away
- METAR
- KBVX 171856Z AUTO VRB04KT 10 SM OVC 035 20/13 A2994 SLP T0200133
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 21, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 27.9 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.