- Date
- June 25, 2023, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, NC · On airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N108YZGopalan Hariharan 4 Place
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FDSO
- FAA report
- 20230625007379A
- Case key
- 192484
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind, which resulted in a nose over.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot/builder of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he had flown a few times around the airport traffic pattern and was preparing for a full stop landing. After touchdown, the airplane began to veer to the left. He applied right rudder; however, he ran out of rudder authority due to the crosswind conditions that prevailed. He applied right brake to prevent a runway excursion; however, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane’s fuselage, right wing, and vertical stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and that the accident would have been prevented if he had more crosswind handling training.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N108YZ
- Reported as
- Gopalan Hariharan 4 Place
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 986
- Built
- 2019
- Airframe hours
- 47
- Engines
- Eggenfellner E200, 200 horsepower, reciprocatingEggenfellner EG 200, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · February 15, 2023 · 47 hours before
- Airport
- TTA · Raleigh Executive Jetport, runway 3, 6,501 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 281 total · 49 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KTTA
- METAR
- KTTA 251605Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM SCT044 BKN050 28/17 A2993 RMK AO2 T02840174
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.