- Date
- August 22, 2004, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Howell, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15JHStinson V77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Detroit, MI FSDO
- FAA report
- 20040822022489A
- Case key
- 60025
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control which resulted in a ground loop. A factor was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The tailwheel equipped airplane sustained substantial damage when it veered off runway 13. The reported wind was 200 degrees at 10 knots. The pilot reported that he entered and flew a normal traffic pattern for runway 13. He reported that he did a normal wheel landing on the centerline with the right wing down and opposite rudder to compensate for the right crosswind. When the tailwheel contacted the runway, the airplane immediately veered to the left. He applied full right rudder and right brake but the airplane veered off the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that he taxied the airplane back to the ramp. The inspection of the airplane revealed the tailwheel was free to castor, as designed. The pilot reported he had 12,113 total hours of flight time of which approximately 8,000 hours were in tailwheel equipped airplanes. He reported he had flown 3.3 hours in the Stinson V77.
Factual narrative
On August 22, 2004, at 0830 eastern daylight time, a Stinson V77, N15JH, sustained substantial damage when it veered off runway 13 (4,300 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) during landing at the Livingston County Airport (OZW), Howell, Michigan. The pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight departed Willow Run Airport (YIP), Ypsilanti, Michigan, about 0800. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed.
The reported wind at OZW was 200 degrees at 10 knots. The pilot reported that he entered and flew a normal traffic pattern for runway 13. He did a normal wheel landing on the centerline with the right wing down and opposite rudder to compensate for the right crosswind. He reported that when the tailwheel contacted the runway, the airplane immediately veered to the left. The pilot reported he applied full right rudder and right brake but the airplane veered off the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that he taxied the airplane back to the ramp.
The inspection of the airplane revealed the tailwheel was free to castor, as designed.
The pilot reported he had 12,113 total hours of flight time of which approximately 8,000 hours were in tailwheel equipped airplanes. He reported he had flown 3.3 hours in the Stinson V77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15JH
- Reported as
- Stinson V77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77-452
- Engine
- Lycoming R-630-13, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Yankee Air Force Inc.
- Registered owner
- Yankee Air Force Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- YIP · Ypsilanti, MI
- Destination
- OZW · Howell, MI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 12,113 total · 3 in this make and model · 127 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.