- Date
- March 1, 1998, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Davis, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57085Ryan PT22-ST3KR
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980301008369A
- Case key
- 30040
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft on the landing roll.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was performing a wheel landing and said that when he lowered the tail, the aircraft veered off to the left side of the runway. He reported that he then added power, but the aircraft was already in the soft mud. The aircraft then nosed over and came to rest inverted. In his written report, the pilot said there were no mechanical malfunctions with the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On March 1, 1998, at 1300 hours Pacific standard time, a Ryan PT22-ST3KR, N57085, veered off the runway and nosed over during the landing roll at the Davis, California, airport. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the pilot/owner, the sole occupant, was not injured. The personal flight originated at the Vacaville, California, airport at 1200 and was terminating at the time of the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
According to the pilot, he was performing a wheel landing on runway 34. The pilot stated that when he lowered the tail, the aircraft veered off to the left side of the runway. He reported that he then added power, but the aircraft was already in the soft mud. The aircraft then nosed over and came to rest inverted. In his written report, the pilot said there were no mechanical malfunctions with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57085
- Reported as
- Ryan PT22-ST3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2136
- Airframe hours
- 3,572
- Engine
- Kinner R-56, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Dawson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1997 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- O45 · Vacaville, CA
- Airport
- 2Q3 · Yolo Co. - Davis/Woodland, runway 34, 6,000 × 100 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 18,042 total · 110 in this make and model · 3,663 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 72 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMF, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.