- Date
- October 7, 2018, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bolivar, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N225JBBearden Biplane Sopwith Camel
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20181007016739A
- Case key
- 98436
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during 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, during the landing, the tailwheel-equipped airplane touched down and veered left. The pilot attempted to correct with opposite rudder; however, the airplane continued left. He then attempted a go-around, but the airplane exited the runway, struck a ditch, and then nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder. 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, during the landing, the tailwheel equipped airplane touched down and veered to the left. The pilot attempted to correct with opposite rudder, however the airplane continued left. He then attempted a go-around, but the airplane exited the runway and struck a ditch. The airplane subsequently nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N225JB
- Reported as
- Bearden Biplane Sopwith Camel
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 63017
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 3.24
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- M17 · Bolivar, MO
- Destination
- M17 · Bolivar, MO
- Airport
- M17 · Bolivar Muni, runway 18, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 30, 2018
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 18,400 total · 3 in this make and model · 14,587 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- KSGF, 21 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 11, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 974 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.