- Date
- June 25, 2016, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kokomo, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N316HHubbard William H Lightning
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160625009869A
- Case key
- 93470
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare at night, which resulted in an impact with a runway light and runway sign.
Findings · 5
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 reported that during the landing flare at night he used his peripheral vision to keep the airplane in the center of the runway, but when the nose touched down, the airplane was to the left of centerline. The pilot further reported that the airplane continued to veer to the left and impacted a runway light and a runway identification sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. According to the pilot there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing flare at night he used his peripheral vision to keep the airplane in the center of the runway, but when the nose touched down, the airplane was to the left of centerline. The pilot further reported that the airplane continued to veer to the left and impacted a runway light and a runway identification sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. According to the pilot there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316H
- Reported as
- Hubbard William H Lightning (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 27
- Built
- 2007
- Airframe hours
- 478.1
- Engine
- Jabiru 3300A, 120 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Condition · July 19, 2015
- Departed
- JYM · Hillsdale, MI
- Destination
- OKK · Kokomo, IN
- Airport
- OKK · Kokomo Muni, runway 23, 5,201 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 16, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 831.7 total · 478.1 in this make and model · 790 as pilot in command · 20.6 in the last 90 days · 8.1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KOKK
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 12, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 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.