- Date
- August 20, 1982, 13:53 local (18:53 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N223HCCassutt Cassutt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 73001
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,tailwheel assembly - failure,partialCause
Directional control - not possible
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The purpose of the flight was to check the aircraft after repitching the propeller blade angle. Reportedly, the tail wheel swivel cotter pin failed and the pilot lost directional control during the landing. The aircraft then veered off the right side of the runway into a soft, grassy area and nosed over. The owner/pilot/builder had flown the aircraft 71.4 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N223HC
- Reported as
- Cassutt Cassutt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 71
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Harry J. Cameron
- Registered owner
- Harry J. Cameron
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Destination
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 10, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,420 total · 71 in this make and model · 1,210 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 181 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA