- Date
- October 20, 2023, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tellico Plains, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N958TWAviat A1
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- 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/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20231020018009A
- Case key
- 193287
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Probable cause
The pilot's overapplication of brakes after landing long on a constrained runway and with a tailwind, 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 of the tailwheel-equipped airplane was attempting to land on his 1,200-ft-long private airstrip. When he flew by the windsock to check wind direction and speed, he noticed a significant crosswind was prevailing. After turning onto final approach, and after passing the point at which a go-around could be performed due to trees and terrain off the end of the runway, he noticed the wind had changed direction and was now a strong tailwind. He continued the approach and landed more than halfway down the runway, then aggressively applied the brakes to attempt to stop. The airplane subsequently nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the rudder and wings. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N958TW
- Reported as
- Aviat A1 (C200)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3403
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 120
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1D6, 200 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 2023 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- KDKX · Knoxville, TN
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- PVT · Pvt, runway 360, 1,200 × 80 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- October 20, 2022
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 1,153 total · 134 in this make and model · 1,153 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.68 inHg
- Observed at
- RHP, 23 nm away
- METAR
- KRHP 202010Z AUTO 27009G18KT 10SM SCT050 SCT070 BKN095 20/08 A2968 RMK AO2 T02000075
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 16, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.