- Date
- April 29, 2007, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N121RMAcro Sport Acroduster II SA750
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20070429005889A
- Case key
- 65669
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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
According to the pilot, he was performing touch and go landings when he lost directional control and departed the runway to the left. The right wing contacted the ground and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage. An examination of the airplane systems revealed no anomalies.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he was performing touch and goe landings on runway 22 (7,400 feet by 100 feet, asphalt) when he lost directional control and departed the runway to the left. The right wing contacted the ground and the airplane nosed over. The lower right wing ribs were splintered and the main spar was broken. The right wing struts were bent and the upper wing spar was broken. The rudder was crushed and the top portion of the vertical stabilizer was buckled. An examination of the airplane systems, conducted by the FAA, revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121RM
- Reported as
- Acro Sport Acroduster II SA750
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 780
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2006 · 780 hours before
- Departed
- AEG · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- AEG · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- AEG · Double Eagle II, runway 22, 7,400 × 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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,447 total · 158 in this make and model · 5,733 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.28 inHg
- Observed at
- KAEG, 1 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.