- Date
- December 5, 2017, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2996QNorth American T 6
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20171205022739A
- Case key
- 96423
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.
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
According to the pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane approached runway 10 in a "significant right crosswind," which diminished when the airplane touched down. The airplane touched down first on the right main wheel and the tailwheel about 70 knots airspeed. When the left main wheel touched down, the airplane veered to the right. The pilot applied left rudder and left brake and maintained aft stick pressure; however, the inputs were ineffective. The airplane exited the right side of the runway and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, the vertical stabilizer and the rudder. The METAR at the accident airport reported that about the time of the accident the wind was from 180° at 7kts. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane approached runway 10 in a "significant right crosswind," which diminished when the airplane touched down. The airplane touched down first on the right main wheel and the tailwheel about 70 knots airspeed, and when the left main wheel touched down the airplane veered to the right. He applied left rudder, left brake and maintained aft stick pressure, however, the inputs were ineffective. The airplane exited the right side of the runway and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, the vertical stabilizer and the rudder. The METAR at the accident airport reported that about the time of the accident, the wind was from 180° at 7kts. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2996Q
- Reported as
- North American T 6 (G)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-3071
- Built
- 1950
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R-1340AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shadow Ventures LLC
- Registered owner
- Shadow Ventures LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KPVG · Chesapeake, VA
- Destination
- KPVG · Chesapeake, VA
- Airport
- PVG · Hampton Roads Executive, runway 10, 5,350 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 65
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 14, 2016
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 19,700 total · 96 in this make and model · 17,800 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KPVG
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 7, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.2 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.
Other investigations on N2996Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.