- Date
- May 17, 2011, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Taccoa, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1150Southern Airmotive SAC
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110517010239A
- Case key
- 79219
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions during landing, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with a hangar.
Findings · 2
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 landing the experimental tailwheel airplane after flying around the traffic pattern. He stated that he applied rudder to compensate for crosswind gusts on final approach, about 15 feet above the runway. As the airplane touched down, it started to drift toward the right side of the runway. The pilot attempted to correct with left rudder then decided to abort the landing; however, the airplane continued through a grassy area and impacted the side of a hangar causing substantial damage to both wings. Examination of the airplane did not reveal evidence of pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he was landing the experimental tailwheel airplane after flying around the traffic pattern. He stated that he applied rudder to compensate for crosswind wind gusts on final about 15 feet above the runway. As the airplane touched down, it started to drift toward the right side of the runway. The pilot attempted to correct with left rudder then decided to abort the landing; however, the airplane continued through a grassy area and impacted the side of a hangar causing substantial damage to both wings. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not show evidence of pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures. The nearest weather reporting station about 30 miles southwest of the accident airport, reported wind from 290 degrees gusting to 17 knots at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1150
- Reported as
- Southern Airmotive SAC (Junior Ace)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5306468
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Forman Clifford N
- Registered owner
- Forman Clifford N
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 2011
- Departed
- TOC · Taccoa, GA
- Destination
- TOC · Taccoa, GA
- Airport
- TOC · Taccoa RG Letourneau, runway 02, 5,008 × 100 ft
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
- 77
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 15 in this make and model · 0 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.67 inHg
- Observed at
- GVL, 30 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 4, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 562 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.