- Date
- June 17, 1990, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93DBBuchanan S1-S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900617020729A
- Case key
- 17954
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot in command to adequately compensate for the wind conditions and to maintain directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the failure of the tailwheel locking assembly.
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 commercial pilot reported that he lost directional control during landing roll with a gusting crosswind. The homebuilt biplane dragged one wing on the runway, then nosed over. The plane came to rest inverted. The vertical and horizontal stabilizers were bent and damaged, and both wings were damaged on the upper surfaces. The lower wings were frayed from friction with the runway. A self locking nut was missing from the tail wheel locking cable attachment, allowing the tail wheel to caster freely. The bolt (to be held in place with a locking nut) was found on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93DB
- Reported as
- Buchanan S1-S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 8-0138
- Airframe hours
- 372
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CK, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Keith A. Keeling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1989 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 2V1 · Pagosa Sprimgs, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4AC · Coronado, runway 17, 4,010 × 60 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 410 total · 80 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.