- Date
- February 24, 2019, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8436SZenair Zenith Stol CH 701
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190224010529A
- Case key
- 99021
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper crosswind correction during taxi operations in gusting crosswind conditions.
Findings · 4
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, after landing, while taxiing in gusting wind conditions, the airplane flipped over and came to rest inverted. He added that, a few minutes after the airplane was righted, it flipped over again. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airport's automated weather observation system reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 270° at 27 knots, gusting to 41 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, after landing, while taxiing in gusting wind conditions, the airplane flipped over and came to rest inverted. He added that, a few minutes after the airplane was righted, it flipped over again. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage, and fuselage. 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 system at the accident airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was 270° at 27 knots, gusting to 41 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8436S
- Reported as
- Zenair Zenith Stol CH 701 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 7-10826
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 37
- Engine
- ULPower Aero Engines UL260, 97 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight test · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- SPI · Springfield, IL
- Destination
- SPI · Springfield, IL
- Airport
- SPI · Abraham Lincoln Capital, runway 31, 7,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction 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
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 27, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 606 total · 36 in this make and model · 523 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 27 knots, gusting 41
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.81 inHg
- Turbulence
- Light
- Observed at
- KSPI
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 4, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 706 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.