- Date
- May 19, 1996, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5862VBoeing-Brown E75NL
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960519014409A
- Case key
- 29444
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot executed a three point landing and was on rollout when the aircraft's nose yawed to the right. He applied left rudder but was unable to stop the aircraft from ground looping. The aircraft ran off the right side of the runway, encountered rain softened terrain, and nosed over onto its back. Winds were reported as westerly from 3 to 5 knots.
Factual narrative
On May 19, 1996, at 1030 hours Pacific daylight time, a Boeing-Brown, E75NL, N5862V, ground looped, ran off the runway, and nosed over while landing at Columbia Airport, Columbia, California. The aircraft sustained substantial damaged and the certificated private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The aircraft was being operated as a personal flight by Inter Mountain Helicopter, Inc., when the accident occurred. The local flight originated in Columbia at 1000 on the morning of the accident. The pilot reported visual meteorological conditions with light westerly winds at the time and that no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot reported his approach to landing as uneventful. He executed a three point landing and was on rollout when the aircraft's nose yawed to the right. He applied left rudder but was unable to stop the aircraft from ground looping. The aircraft ran off the right side of the runway, encountered rain softened terrain and nosed over onto its back. He estimated a 3- to 5-knot right crosswind.
A postaccident examination of the aircraft was conducted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness inspectors. They found no evidence of mechanical failures or malfunctions and provided confirmation of substantial damage on May 24, 1996.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5862V
- Reported as
- Boeing-Brown E75NL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-8074-MGB
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental W670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Inter Mountain Helicopters,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1995 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- O22
- Airport
- O22 · Columbia, runway 17, 4,670 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 60 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.