- Date
- May 26, 1989, 11:53 local (16:53 UTC)
- Place
- Crestview, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2355BTemco GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890526015829I
- Case key
- 32332
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilots to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Contributing to the incident was the crosswind and lack of brakes avialable to the pilot-in-command (PIC).
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-in-command (PIC) was seated in the right seat, where he did not have access to brakes. While landing with a right crosswind, the aircraft started to veer right. The PIC told the pilot rated passengers (in the left seat) to apply left brake, which he did. However, the aircraft then swerved to the left & the main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2355B
- Reported as
- Temco GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3655
- Engine
- Lycoming O-350-C1D6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aufdemorte, Lewis G (Jr.)
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 11, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- CEW · Bob Sikes, runway 17, 8,000 × 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,085 total · 820 in this make and model · 5,684 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2355B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.