# NTSB ERA14CA251: Chance Vought F4U 4, N713JT, Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 17, 2014, 18:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Coordinates: 33.875556, -84.30194 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8756&lon=-84.3019&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 15, 2014
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89247
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14CA251
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89247/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89247
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA251

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## 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: [Chance Vought F4U-4, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2152608), [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: [Chance Vought F4U-4, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2152608), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Chance Vought F4U-4, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2152608), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Chance Vought F4U-4, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2152608), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Chance Vought F4U-4, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2152608), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, as he approached the airport he was cleared to land. The approach was uneventful, and the touchdown was a normal crosswind landing. During the landing roll out he felt a gust of wind, which resulted in the airplane drifting to the right. He applied full left rudder and brakes in an attempt to keep the airplane centered on the runway. However, the airplane veered off of the right side of the runway into the grass and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. At the time of the accident, the wind in the area was reported from 010 degrees at 7 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, as he approached the airport he was cleared to land. The approach was uneventful, and the touchdown was a normal crosswind landing. During the landing roll out he felt a gust of wind, which resulted in the airplane drifting to the right. He applied full left rudder and brakes in an attempt to keep the airplane centered on the runway. However, the airplane veered off of the right side of the runway into the grass and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. At the time of the accident, the wind in the area was reported from 010 degrees at 7 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N713JT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N713JT), registered now, S/N 97143, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHANCE VOUGHT F4U 4
- Registry model: [Chance Vought F4U-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/chance-vought-f4u-4) (registry code 2152608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 97143
- Year built: 1945
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-52W 2000 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Tobul James R
- Registered owner: Tobul James R
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, September 11, 2013
- Departed: PDK, Atlanta, GA
- Destination: PDK, Atlanta, GA
- Airport: PDK, Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, runway 21L, 6,001 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; seat: single; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 4,500 total, 4,500 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: PDK

## Other investigations on N713JT (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL03LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA016), Nov 10, 2002: Chance Vought F4U-4 (N713JT), Columbia, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight engine fire for undetermined reasons

## Docket (8 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 9, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89247. 17.4 MB in all.

- Note Regarding Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 13 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419879&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Note%20Regarding%20Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- FAA Inspector's Statement (item 2, .PDF, 281 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419882&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%27s%20Statement-Redacted.PDF
- Pilot's Statement (item 3, .PDF, 129 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419884&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%27s%20Statement-Redacted.PDF
- Photo 1 - Airplane Departing Runway (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 4, .PDF, 4.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419891&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Airplane%20Departing%20Runway%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 2 - Airplane Inverted (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 5, .PDF, 5.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419896&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20-%20Airplane%20Inverted%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 3 - Airplane Resting Inverted (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 6, .PDF, 4.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419897&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203%20-%20Airplane%20Resting%20Inverted%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 4 - Left Wing (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 7, .PDF, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419899&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%204%20-%20Left%20Wing%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 5 - Vertical Tail Damage (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 8, .PDF, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419901&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%205%20-%20Vertical%20Tail%20Damage%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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