- Date
- May 27, 2016, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N808ETDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160527014699A
- Case key
- 94412
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in crosswind conditions.
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
The pilot reported that during the landing roll in crosswind conditions, the airplane drifted off the runway to the right and the left wing impacted a runway sign. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. An automated weather observing station 5 nautical miles from the accident airport, about the time of the accident, recorded the wind at 090 degrees true at 11 knots. The pilot reported he landed on runway 7.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing roll in crosswind conditions, the airplane drifted off the runway to the right and the left wing impacted a runway sign. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. An automated weather observing station 5 nautical miles from the accident airport, about the time of the accident, recorded the wind at 090 degrees true at 11 knots. The pilot reported he landed on runway 7.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N808ET
- Reported as
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 40.808
- Built
- 2007
- Airframe hours
- 513
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-MIA+, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2015
- Departed
- HEG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- HEG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- HEG · Herlong Recreational, runway 07, 3,999 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, 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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 20, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 573 total · 573 in this make and model · 490 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KVQQ, 5 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 11, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 983 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.