- Date
- April 14, 2001, 11:14 local (18:14 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N117VArthur Lee Beer ALB Special
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FLT STNDS DIST OFFICE
- FAA report
- 20010414040019A
- Case key
- 52103
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported he lost directional control of the amateur built aircraft during landing. The airplane veered to the left and then to the right before ground looping and nosing over. He reported there were no mechanical malfunctions.
Factual narrative
On April 14, 2001, at 1114 hours Pacific daylight time, an experimental Beer ALB Special, N117V, was substantially damaged when the amateur built aircraft veered to the left and then to the right before nosing over during the landing roll at Sonoma County airport, Santa Rosa, California. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The local area personal flight was operated by the owner under 14 CFR Part 91 and departed about 1030. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported he lost directional control on landing, ground looped, and nosed over. He reported there were no mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117V
- Reported as
- Arthur Lee Beer ALB Special
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 67
- Engine
- Subaru 2.2L, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doug A. Dugger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 2001 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport
- STS · Sonoma County, runway 14, 5,115 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- September 10, 1998
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 685 total · 4 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- STS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.