- Date
- September 24, 2006, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24AZCleberg Sportsman 2+2 GS-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20060924029429A
- Case key
- 64995
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane nosed over after veering off the runway during landing. The pilot flew a normal landing pattern and approach. As the airplane touched down, it was going too fast, and bounced into the air. After it touched down again, the airplane veered off the runway, encountered some vegetation, and nosed over. The pilot stated that the weather was not a factor, and the accident was strictly pilot error. She also stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Factual narrative
On September 24, 2006, about 1130 mountain standard time, an experimental Cleberg, Glastar Sportsman 2+2 GS-2, N24AZ, veered off the runway and nosed over at Flying Diamond Airport, Tucson, Arizona. The owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local personal flight departed Marana Regional Airport, Marana, Arizona, about 1100. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The approximate global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the primary wreckage were 31 degrees 56.28 minutes north latitude and 111 degrees 07.13 minutes west longitude.
In a written statement, the pilot stated that she flew a normal landing pattern and approach. As the airplane touched down, it was going too fast, and bounced back into the air. After it touched down again, the airplane departed the runway, hit some vegetation, and nosed over.
The pilot stated that the weather was not a factor, and the accident was strictly pilot error. She also stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
The National Transportation Safety Board was notified of this accident on December 6, 2006.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24AZ
- Reported as
- Cleberg Sportsman 2+2 GS-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 4179
- Airframe hours
- 73.2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AIA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert or Dessie Cleberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · August 1, 2006
- Departed
- AVQ · Marana, AZ
- Destination
- 6AZ8 · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- 6AZ8 · Flying Dimond Airport, runway 25, 2,650 × 35 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
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 24 in this make and model · 136 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.