- Date
- December 3, 2017, 11:09 local (19:09 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1431CBoeing A75N1(PT17)
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20171203023519A
- Case key
- 96462
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing.
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 reported that the tailwheel-equipped biplane bounced during the initial touchdown of a three-point, touch-and-go landing. He added that the biplane settled back onto the runway and that he continued to maintain the runway centerline. Subsequently, when he raised the tail for takeoff, the biplane veered sharply to the right, and the lower left wing struck the ground. The biplane sustained substantial damage to the lower left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the biplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot added that he may have "accidently hit the right brake" during the landing roll.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, the tailwheel-equipped biplane bounced during the initial touchdown of a three point touch-and-go landing. He added that, the biplane settled back onto the runway and he continued to maintain the runway centerline. Subsequently, when he raised the tail for takeoff, the biplane veered sharply to the right and the lower left wing struck the ground. The biplane sustained substantial damage to the lower left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the biplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot added that he may have "accidently hit the right brake" during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1431C
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1(PT17) (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-1702
- Built
- 1941
- Airframe hours
- 3,363
- Engine
- Continental W670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 2017
- Departed
- AJO · Corona, CA
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 26R, 4,858 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 14, 2016
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 4,450 total · 10 in this make and model · 4,100 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 22, 2017
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 5,400 total · 420 in this make and model · 5,025 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KCNO
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 1, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.4 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.
Other investigations on N1431C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.