- Date
- August 31, 2008, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walworth, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1005WFantasy Air Sro Allegro 20
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Milwaukee FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080831850269A
- Case key
- 68956
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Findings · 2
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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 during landing, after touchdown and rolling about 40 to 50 feet, the airplane suddenly veered to the left. He said that he was unable to correct before the left wing struck the corn along the runway. The airplane spun about 180 degrees. During the encounter, the right main landing gear broke about half way between the wheel and the intersection of the landing gear and fuselage. Examination of the airplane after the accident revealed damage to both wings including damage to underlying ribs, the right landing gear, and the lower portion of the rudder. Control system continuity was established and no preimpact defects were found. Examination of the grass runway revealed no defects in the runway surface.
Factual narrative
On August 31, 2008, about 0830 central daylight time, a Fantasy Air SRO, Allegro 2000, N1005W, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing. The airplane impacted corn after departing the runway at the Big Foot Airfield, Walworth, Wisconsin. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operated in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from the Dupage Airport, West Chicago, Illinois about 0800. The pilot reported that during landing, after touchdown and rolling about 40 to 50 feet, the airplane suddenly veered to the left. He said that he was unable to correct before the left wing struck the corn along the runway. The airplane spun about 180 degrees. During the encounter, the right main landing gear broke about half way between the wheel and the intersection of the landing gear and fuselage. Examination of the airplane after the accident revealed damage to both wings including damage to underlying ribs, the right landing gear, and the lower portion of the rudder. Control system continuity was established and no preimpact defects were found. Examination of the grass runway revealed no defects in the runway surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1005W
- Reported as
- Fantasy Air Sro Allegro 20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 04-710
- Airframe hours
- 668
- Engine
- Rotax 912, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 2008
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Destination
- 7V3 · Walworth, WI
- Airport
- 7V3 · Big Foot Airfield, runway 36, 2,108 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 85 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL, 17 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.