- Date
- May 9, 2018, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bumpass, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N334JSJetson'S Aircam
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180509005019A
- Case key
- 97226
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Probable cause
The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a go-around.
Findings · 2
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 of the airplane reported that, during touchdown on a paved runway, the airplane encountered a wind gust and then became airborne. The pilot added full power to go around, but the left wing aerodynamically stalled, and the left float struck the runway, which resulted in a cartwheel. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station, located 11 miles west of the accident airport, reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 040° at 7 knots. The airplane landed on runway 8.
Factual narrative
The pilot of the amphibious float-equipped airplane reported that, during landing touchdown on a paved runway, the airplane encountered a wind gust and the airplane became airborne. The pilot added full power to go around, but the left wing aerodynamically stalled and the left float struck the runway, resulting in a cartwheel. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station, located 11 miles west of the accident airport, reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 040° at 7 knots. The airplane landed on runway 8.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N334JS
- Reported as
- Jetson'S Aircam (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- AC232
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 34.7
- Engines
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocatingRotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · March 12, 2018
- Departed
- LKU · Louisa, VA
- Destination
- 7W4 · Bumpass, VA
- Airport
- 7W4 · Lake Anna, runway 08, 2,558 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- February 19, 2018
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,175 total · 310 in this make and model · 2,076 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- KLKU, 11 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 31, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.9 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.