# NTSB GAA15CA010: Jabiru USA Sport J250 SP, N638J, Hondo, TX, March 12, 2015 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 12, 2015, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Hondo, TX - Coordinates: 29.353055, -99.1725 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3531&lon=-99.1725&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 13, 2015 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA (SAT FSDO) - NTSB case key (mKey): 90890 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA15CA010 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90890/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90890 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA010 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing to this accident was the flight instructor's delayed remedial action. ## 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 · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/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: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=060001T), [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-landing roll: Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 346 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=060001T), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis During an instructional flight, the student pilot and flight instructor remained in the local area to practice maneuvers. On return to the airport, during the first full stop landing, the student pilot landed in a flat attitude, but left of centerline. During the landing roll, the student pilot veered left onto an intersecting runway and the flight instructor applied the hand brake. The airplane overran the width of the intersecting runway into rough terrain, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over resulting in substantial damage to the firewall and right wing lift strut. Both occupants reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation; however, the student pilot stated that a gust of wind caused the airplane to veer to the left. The flight instructor's statement and weather reports indicate that there were no wind gusts at the time of the accident. ## Factual narrative During an instructional flight, the student pilot and flight instructor remained in the local area to practice maneuvers. On return to the airport, during the first full stop landing, the student pilot landed in a flat attitude, but left of centerline. During the landing roll, the student pilot veered left onto an intersecting runway and the flight instructor applied the hand brake. The airplane overran the width of the intersecting runway into rough terrain, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over resulting in substantial damage to the firewall and right wing lift strut. Both occupants reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation; however, the student pilot stated that a gust of wind caused the airplane to veer to the left. The flight instructor's statement and weather reports indicate that there were no wind gusts at the time of the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N638J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N638J-2016-07-07), registration cancelled 2016-07-07, S/N 523, built 2008 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: JABIRU USA SPORT AIRCRAFT LLC J250 SP (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Jabiru USA Sport J250-SP](https://openairdocs.org/model/jabiru-usa-sport-j250-sp) (registry code 060001T) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Jabiru 3300](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (registry code 34801, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 523 - Year built: 2008 - Engines: Jabiru 3300 120 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Departed: HDO, HONDO, TX - Destination: HDO, HONDO, TX - Airport: KHDO, South Texas Regional Airport, runway 35L, 3,224 × 140 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 70; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 28, 2015; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 21,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 11,000 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 67; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 147 total, 16 in this make and model, 42 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: KHDO ## 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 20150312006399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150312006399A), Mar 12, 2015: Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft LLC J250-SP, Hondo, TX, Substantial damage. Mar. 12, 2015, during the landing roll the aircraft veered left and went off into the grass. The aircraft traveled 70 yards on the grass and flipped over on… ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 28, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90890. 4.8 MB in all. - Record of Conversation - Flight Instructor (item 1, .PDF, 70 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40425768&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20Flight%20Instructor-Master.PDF - Record of Conversation - Student Pilot (item 2, .PDF, 69 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40425769&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20Student%20Pilot-Master.PDF - Weather Information - KHDO (item 3, .PDF, 37 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40425770&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Information%20-%20KHDO-Master.PDF - Photo 1 - Engine Compartment and Right Wing (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 4, .PDF, 2.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40425771&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Engine%20Compartment%20and%20Right%20Wing%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF - Photo 2 - Engine Compartment (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 5, .PDF, 2.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40425772&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20-%20Engine%20Compartment%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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