- Date
- July 7, 2019, 20:55 local (Jul 8, 2019, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Westfield, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N419TNNorth Wing Uum Scout
- Defining event
- Landing: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190707015509A
- Case key
- 99788
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and wing strike.
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 student pilot reported that he experienced an "unexpected high degree" of banking and controllability issues with the experimental, light-sport, weight-shift-control aircraft during the initial climb, so he decided to land. During the landing roll, the aircraft bounced. The aircraft then touched down on the nose landing gear, rolled onto the left wing, and then slid to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and the airframe. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The student pilot in the experimental light-sport, weight shift-control aircraft reported that he experienced "unexpected high degree" aircraft banking and controllability issues during the initial climb, so he decided to land. During the landing roll, the aircraft bounced. The aircraft touched down on the nose landing gear and it rolled on to the left wing, before sliding to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and the airframe. The METAR from the airport nearest the accident site was 4 nautical miles to the west, and reported that about the time of the accident, the wind was from 340° at 4 knots. The student pilot used runway 36. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N419TN
- Reported as
- North Wing Uum Scout (X-C)
- Category
- Weight-shift, amateur-built
- Serial number
- E9005
- Built
- 2010
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Rotax 912 UL, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 2019
- Departed
- I72 · Westfield, IN
- Destination
- I72 · Westfield, IN
- Airport
- I72 · Westfield, runway 36, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Airframe parachute
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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Sport pilot, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 5 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KTYQ, 4 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 5, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.6 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.