# NTSB ERA11CA250: Aviat A-1B, N555XP, Burgaw, NC, April 14, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 14, 2011, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Burgaw, NC - Coordinates: 34.528057, -77.85028 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5281&lon=-77.8503&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 30, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 78895 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11CA250 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78895/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78895 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA250 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadvertent application of brakes during the landing rollout. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Aviat A-1B, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2210406), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Aviat A-1B, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2210406), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that he normally flew the tailwheel-equipped airplane from the front seat, but on the day of the accident he flew it from the rear seat, and a passenger was in the front seat. As the airplane touched down, the pilot shifted in his seat to obtain a better view of the runway, and inadvertently applied the brakes. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing spar, left wing, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that although he normally flew from the front seat of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, with a passenger was seated in the front he elected to fly from the rear seat. As the flight approached the airport, the pilot configured the airplane for a normal landing. After the airplane touched down, the pilot shifted in his seat to obtain a better view of the runway, and inadvertently applied the brakes. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing spar, left wing, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N555XP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555XP), registered now, S/N 2032, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B - Registry model: [Aviat A-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (registry code 2210406) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-360-A1D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (registry code 41504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 2032 - Airframe hours: 560 - Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1D 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Michael J Barri - Registered owner: Michael J Barri - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: 7NC1, Burgaw, NC - Destination: 7NC1, Burgaw, NC - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: 7NC1, Stag Airpark, runway 29, 4,000 × 125 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 15, 2010; seat: rear; flight hours: 1,000 total, 60 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.06 inHg - Observed at: ILM, 16 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20110414006789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110414006789A), Apr 14, 2011: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Burgaw, NC, Substantial damage. After flying in the front seat from ilm to southport, NC (departed ilm at about 3:30 pm local time) and doing one full stop landing, we flew to Stag airpark… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 28, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78895. 1.2 MB in all. - Memorandum for Record - Pilot Interview (item 1, .PDF, 86 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40347829&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20-%20Pilot%20Interview-Master.PDF - Memorandum for Record - FAA (item 2, .PDF, 83 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40347782&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20-%20FAA-Master.PDF - Photo (Courtesy FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40347783&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%20(Courtesy%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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