# NTSB ERA20CA254: Lockwood Aircam, N760JJ, Ooltewah, TN, July 4, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 4, 2020, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC) - Place: Ooltewah, TN - Coordinates: 35.079723, -85.050277 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0797&lon=-85.0503&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 101620 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20CA254 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101620/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101620 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA254 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. ## 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: [N401sc AIRCAM, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=056330F), [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: [N401sc AIRCAM, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=056330F), [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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [N401sc AIRCAM, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=056330F), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [N401sc AIRCAM, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=056330F), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, he performed several water touch and go landings on different lakes and elected to perform one more before going back to the destination airport. During the landing, the airplane banked to the right, the right float touched the water, and the airplane veered "sharply" to the right. It struck the bank of the lake resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The airplane came to rest on the bank and the pilot and passenger egressed without issue. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, he performed several water touch and go landings on different lakes and elected to perform one more before going back to the destination airport. During the landing, the airplane banked to the right, the right float touched the water, and the airplane veered "sharply" to the right. It struck the bank of the lake resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The airplane came to rest on the bank and the pilot and passenger egressed without issue. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N760JJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N760JJ), registered now, S/N AC-176, built 2015 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Lockwood AIRCAM (No Series) - Registry model: [N401sc AIRCAM](https://openairdocs.org/model/n401sc-aircam) (registry code 056330F) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: AC-176 - Year built: 2015 - Airframe hours: 346 - Engines: Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating; Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, August 24, 2019 - Departed: FGU, Collegedale, TN - Destination: FGU, Collegedale, TN - Airport: FGU, Collegedale Muni - Equipment: ADS-B, Onboard weather, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 17, 2019; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 6,075 total, 503 in this make and model, 6,075 as pilot in command, 119 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.89 inHg - Observed at: CHA, 8 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 20200704008239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200704008239A), Jul 4, 2020: Lockwood Aviation AIRCAM, Ooltewah, TN, Substantial damage. The nashville FSDO received a phone message from the kfgu airport manager on 07/08/2020 inquiring if we were aware of an incident that took place off airport… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 2, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101620. 3.9 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40487353&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Investigative Photographs (item 2, .PDF, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40487354&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-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. 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