- Date
- March 31, 2007, 09:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place
- Keenansville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N199DAAeroprakt A-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Tampa
- FAA report
- 20070331005049A
- Case key
- 65538
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on a wet grass runway. A factor associated with the accident was the wet runway.
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 stated that during the landing roll on a private grass airstrip, the plane slid on wet grass, and struck a woodpile and a shed. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that during the landing roll on a private grass airstrip, the plane slid on wet grass, and struck a woodpile and a shed. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N199DA
- Reported as
- Aeroprakt A-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 164
- Airframe hours
- 158
- Engine
- Rotax 912 UL, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John A Long, doing business as John A Long
- Registered owner
- Dalva Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2006
- Departed
- KSEF · Sebring, FL
- Destination
- Keenansville, FL
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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 65 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KISM, 15 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.