- Date
- October 1, 2010, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8742Fleet 16B
- Defining event
- Taxi-to runway: Abrupt maneuver
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20101001048159A
- Case key
- 77475
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper use of the brakes while taxiing.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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
According to the pilot, he was back taxiing on the runway when the tailwind and runway slope allowed the airplane to gain more than normal taxi speed. As the pilot realized the airplane was approaching the end of the runway, he began to apply brake pressure to avoid running off the end of the runway. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, substantially damaging the rudder. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he was back taxing on runway 19 to depart on runway 1. The pilot stated that the tailwind and runway slope "apparently allowed the airplane to gain more than normal taxi speed." As the pilot realized the airplane was approaching the end of the runway, he began to apply brake pressure to "avoid running off the end of the runway." The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, substantially damaging the rudder. A post accident inspection completed by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector revealed no mechanical anomalies. The winds reported at an airport 9 miles to the south, at the time of the accident, were from 010 degrees at 7 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8742
- Reported as
- Fleet 16B (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 491
- Engine
- Kinner R-540-1, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wehman Ernest A Jr
- Registered owner
- Wehman Ernest A Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 5, 2010
- Departed
- 51J · Lake City, SC
- Destination
- 51J · Lake City, SC
- Airport
- 51J · Lake City Municipal Airport, runway 19, 3,700 × 75 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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 13, 2010
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,520 total · 1,410 in this make and model · 1,520 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- CKI, 9 nm away
Docket · 6
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 16, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 608 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.