- Date
- July 24, 2016, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68JKAmerican Champion 8KCAB
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160724013429A
- Case key
- 93811
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the runway heading, which resulted in the airplane not being aligned with the runway and a subsequent runway excursion.
Findings · 4
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
According to the pilot, during approach he slipped the airplane down to the private turf airstrip. He reported that when he recovered from the slip, the nose of the airplane was not aligned with the airstrip heading, and still not aligned during touchdown. The pilot reported that he was not able to correct the airplane's heading during the landing roll and the airplane impacted the corn stalks that bordered the airstrip. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the ribs of both wings and both ailerons. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with any portion of the airplane that would have prevented normal flight operations. The pilot reported that the wind at the airstrip was calm.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, during approach he slipped the airplane down to the private turf airstrip. He reported that when he recovered from the slip, the nose of the airplane was not aligned with the airstrip heading, and still not aligned during touchdown. The pilot reported that he was not able to correct the airplane's heading during the landing roll and the airplane impacted the corn stalks that bordered the airstrip. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the ribs of both wings and both ailerons. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or anomalies with any portion of the airplane that would have prevented normal flight operations. The pilot reported that the wind at the airstrip was calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68JK
- Reported as
- American Champion 8KCAB (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 780-96
- Built
- 1996
- Airframe hours
- 2,167
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Fun & Company
- Registered owner
- Flying Fun & Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 24, 2016
- Departed
- 1DS · Orangeburg, SC
- Destination
- Cordova, SC
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 28, 2014
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 49 in this make and model · 91 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KDYB, 17 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 18, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 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.