# NTSB ERA22LA038: Aviat A-1C 200, N199B, Riverhead, NY, October 2, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 2, 2021, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Riverhead, NY
- Coordinates: 40.958372, -72.717385 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9584&lon=-72.7174&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: 1 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): 104186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104186/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104186
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA038

## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive braking during landing which resulted in a noseover and substantial damage.

## 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-1C-200, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2210411), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Aviat A-1C-200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md?model=2210411), [All aircraft, 297 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Aviat A-1C-200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=2210411), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/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-1C-200, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2210411), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that after landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane he applied “too much brake” and the airplane flipped over into an inverted position on the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the rudder and right wing. The pilot reported that the airplane had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N199B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199B), registered now, S/N 3375, built 2021 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A-1C 200
- Registry model: [Aviat A-1C-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1c-200) (registry code 2210411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1D6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1d6) (registry code 41822, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3375
- Year built: 2021
- Airframe hours: 80
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A1D6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bennett Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: Bennett Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, June 7, 2021
- Departed: FOK, West Hampton, NY
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 03NY, Talmage Fld, runway 16/34, 2,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Onboard weather

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review December 11, 2020; seat: front; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 980 total, 35 in this make and model, 881 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 8 knots
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Observed at: HWV, 12.5 nm away
- METAR: 

METAR KHWV 021456Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 21/10 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP211 T02110100 58012=

## 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 20211002016629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211002016629A), Oct 2, 2021: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-200, Riverhead, NY, Substantial damage. On October 2, 2021, at approximately 1045 local, N199B, a husky A-1C-200, VFR at airport 03NY, talmege field in new york, was reported to have landed normally…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 18, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104186. 3.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13807925&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=_N199B%20-%20NTSB%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13807935&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs%20-%20ERA22FA038_N199B-Rel.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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