# NTSB GAA18CA084: Corbeil Shawn Corbeil Shawn SER VI, N552EZ, Rogersburg, OR, December 12, 2017 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: December 12, 2017, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Rogersburg, OR - Coordinates: 45.864723, -116.804725 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8647&lon=-116.8047&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 27, 2018 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 96474 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA18CA084 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96474/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=96474 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA084 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper landing flare and his subsequent failure to see and avoid a tree during a go-around. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=05613WI), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05613WI), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=05613WI), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=05613WI), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR go-around: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=05613WI), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05613WI), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, while landing on an unimproved airstrip, the approach was normal, but after "a longer than expected float and brief touchdown," he aborted the landing and began a go-around. Once airborne, he made a shallow left turn to avoid a cliff that was off the right side of the unimproved airstrip. Subsequently, the left wing struck a tree, and the airplane then cartwheeled and impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that, while landing on an unimproved airstrip, the approach was normal but after "a longer than expected float and brief touchdown", he aborted the landing and began a go-around. Once airborne, he made a shallow left turn to avoid a cliff that was off the right side of the unimproved airstrip. Subsequently, the left wing struck a tree, the airplane cartwheeled and impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N552EZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N552EZ-2019-04-17), registration cancelled 2019-04-17, S/N 60010-040, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CORBEIL SHAWN CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI](https://openairdocs.org/model/corbeil-shawn-corbeil-shawn-ser-vi) (registry code 05613WI) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 60010-040 - Year built: 2002 - Airframe hours: 324 - Engines: Rotax 912S 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, July 9, 2017 - Departed: MYL, MC CALL, ID - Destination: Rogersburg, OR - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 20, 2016; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 763 total, 300 in this make and model, 714 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 70° at 3 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 23 °F - Altimeter: 30.42 inHg - Observed at: KGIC, 29 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20171212023489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171212023489A), Dec 12, 2017: Corbeil Shawn CORBEIL SHAWN SER VI, Rogersburg, OR, Destroyed. While making an approach to land on runway 15 at the Salmon Bar air strip, the airman indicated the aircraft was floating more than expected and touchdown was… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 13, 2018, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=96474. 801 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 801 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40459967&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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