- Date
- March 5, 2016, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N841SAeropro CZ A220
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- North Texas FSDO (FAA)
- FAA report
- 20160305007669A
- Case key
- 92819
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and a collision with trees.
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 a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he encountered a gust of wind during the landing flare and bounced on the touchdown. During the landing roll, the airplane began moving to the left and the pilot applied power to go-around. Subsequently, the airplane continued to the left during the aborted landing, departed the runway, and impacted trees that were located about 115 feet to the left of the runway. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot of a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he encountered a gust of wind during the landing flare and bounced on the touchdown. During the landing roll, the airplane began moving to the left and the pilot applied power to go-around. Subsequently, the airplane continued to the left during the aborted landing, departed the runway, and impacted trees that were located about 115 feet to the left of the runway. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N841S
- Reported as
- Aeropro CZ A220
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 43514
- Built
- 2014
- Airframe hours
- 37.7
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 11, 2015
- Departed
- 1TA7 · Canton, TX
- Destination
- 1TA7 · Canton, TX
- Airport
- 1TA7 · Thompson Field, runway 13, 2,500 × 40 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 81
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Last flight review
- November 23, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 203.6 total · 34.5 in this make and model · 203.6 as pilot in command · 22.3 in the last 90 days · 6.4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KJDD, 20 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 18, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 812 KB 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.