- Date
- May 10, 2007, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7757Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MK IV
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070510009029A
- Case key
- 65890
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in a ground loop and subsequent left main gear collapse.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was substantially damaged following a loss of directional control and subsequent ground loop upon landing. The pilot stated that he made a "good" wheel landing on runway 31 (5219 feet by 100 feet, asphalt), but while the tail wheel was still in the air the airplane started to veer to the left. He corrected to the right but could not re-correct to the left before the aircraft ground looped and the left main landing gear collapsed. After the airplane was shut down, a small fire was observed near the accessory section of the engine which was extinguished by the pilot and bystanders with fire extinguishers.
Factual narrative
The airplane was substantially damaged following a loss of directional control and subsequent ground loop upon landing. The pilot stated that he made a "good" wheel landing on runway 31 (5219 feet by 100 feet, asphalt), but while the tail wheel was still in the air the airplane started to veer to the left. He corrected to the right but could not re-correct to the left before the aircraft ground looped and the left main landing gear collapsed. After the airplane was shut down, a small fire was observed near the accessory section of the engine which was extinguished by the pilot and bystanders with fire extinguishers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7757
- Reported as
- Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard MK IV
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CCF4-171
- Airframe hours
- 9,212
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney W-S1H&S3H, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Japanese Zero LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · February 1, 2007
- Departed
- FFC · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- FFC · Peachtree City-Falcon Field, runway 31, 5,219 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2006
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 15,904 total · 113 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KFFC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.