# NTSB ERA13CA120: Mallory Christopher L RV-8, N492CM, Lake City, FL, January 26, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 26, 2013, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC) - Place: Lake City, FL - Coordinates: 30.152221, -82.659721 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1522&lon=-82.6597&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 12, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 86091 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13CA120 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86091/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86091 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA120 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [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: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093); cases with it: [All aircraft, 319 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md) ## Analysis While landing on the 25-foot-wide runway, the airplane drifted to the right of the runway centerline. The pilot increased engine power in an attempt to abort the landing, but the airplane continued to the right and departed the runway. The right wing contacted the ground and the main landing gear collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane and that better piloting and a wider runway could have prevented the accident. ## Factual narrative While landing on the 25-foot wide runway, the airplane drifted to the right of the runway centerline. The pilot applied engine power in an attempt to abort the landing, but the airplane continued to the right and departed the side of the runway. The right wing subsequently contacted the ground and the main landing gear collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane, and that “better piloting” and a “wider runway” could have prevented the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: N492CM (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: MALLORY CHRISTOPHER L RV-8 - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 81532 - Airframe hours: 111 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360C1E6 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Mallory Christopher L - Registered owner: Mallory Christopher L - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, May 25, 2012 - Departed: MAO, Marion, SC - Destination: 15FL, Lake City, FL - Airport: 15FL, Cannon Creek Airpark, runway 36, 3,513 × 25 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 23, 2011; seat: front; flight hours: 707 total, 111 in this make and model, 617 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,600 ft broken - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.19 inHg - Observed at: GNV, 35 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 20130126004149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130126004149A), Jan 26, 2013: Mallory Christopher L RV-8, Lake City, FL, Substantial damage. N492CV entered the traffic the traffic pattern for runway 36 at the cannon creek airport. The runway was experiencing a left to right crosswind at about 10… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 8, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86091. 5.6 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40387343&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1 - Damage to right wing (Courtesy of FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40387344&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Damage%20to%20right%20wing%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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