# NTSB ERA22LA221: Kyle M Sward / Larry W Sward CH 750 Cruzer, N750LK, Lexington, KY, May 2, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 2, 2022, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Lexington, KY · On Airport
- Coordinates: 38.03675, -84.608639
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&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: 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): 105060
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA221
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105060/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105060
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA221

## 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.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Kyle M Sward / Larry W Sward CH 750 CRUZER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05640KH), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Kyle M Sward / Larry W Sward CH 750 CRUZER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05640KH), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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: [Kyle M Sward / Larry W Sward CH 750 CRUZER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05640KH), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that this was his first flight in the airplane and during landing, the airplane bounced and rolled to the left. He attempted to correct for the roll, but the left wingtip impacted the runway, the airplane bounced again, rolled right, and then impacted the ground with the right main landing gear, followed by the nose, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that the airplane had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N750LK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750LK), registered now, S/N 75-10732, built 2022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KYLE M SWARD / LARRY W SWARD CH 750 CRUZER
- Registry model: [Kyle M Sward / Larry W Sward CH 750 CRUZER](https://openairdocs.org/model/kyle-m-sward-larry-w-sward-ch-750-cruzer) (registry code 05640KH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Viking 130](https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-130) (registry code 63998, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 75-10732
- Year built: 2022
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: Viking V-130 130 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, February 5, 2022, 1 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: LEX, Blue Grass, runway 27, 4,000 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed; last flight review May 13, 2021; seat: left; flight hours: 1,343 total, 3 in this make and model, 1,101 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: KLEX
- METAR: METAR KLEX 022354Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A3003

## 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 20220502006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220502006569A), May 2, 2022: Kyle M. Sward/Larry W. Sward CH 750 CRUZER, Lexington, KY, Substantial damage. Pilot was conducting the maiden flight of his kitbuilt aircraft, N150LK, a zenith 750 cruzer, at lex airport on 05/02/2022. While performing his first approach…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 14, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105060. 8.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13937964&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 1 photo, 214 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13946829&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf
- Cell phone video (taken by pilot's son) (item 3, MOV, 5.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13857709&FileExtension=mov&FileName=Video-Rel.mov
- NTSB memorandum of record - damage assessment (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 124 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13946713&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Memorandum%20of%20Record%20-%20Damage%20Assessment-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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