- Date
- October 18, 2018, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dahlonga, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N468LMCapital Holdings 226 CCX-2000
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20181018020259A
- Case key
- 98523
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control. Also causal to the accident was the pilot’s failure to retract the flaps during the aborted landing, which resulted in the airplane’s failure to climb and a subsequent collision with trees.
Findings · 6
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 in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced and then veered right. The airplane exited the right side of the runway, and he applied full throttle to abort the landing. He recalled that the airplane did not climb above the obstacles "because I failed to reposition the flaps on go around." The airplane collided with trees and stopped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during landing, the airplane bounced and then veered right. The airplane exited the right side of the runway and he applied full throttle to abort the landing. He recalled that the airplane did not climb above the obstacles, "because I failed to reposition the flaps on go around." The airplane collided with trees and stopped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N468LM
- Reported as
- Capital Holdings 226 CCX-2000
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCX-2000-0030
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 80
- Engine
- Superior CC363i, 186 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Capital Holdings 226 LLC
- Registered owner
- Capital Holdings 226 LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 9A0 · Dahlonga, GA
- Destination
- 9A0 · Dahlonga, GA
- Airport
- 9A0 · Lumpkin County-Wimpys, runway 15, 3,090 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 23, 2019
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 7,260 total · 80 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.35 inHg
- Observed at
- KDZJ, 16 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 25, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.1 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.