- Date
- May 12, 1996, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Umatilla, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2498Marcellus Star Fire
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960512015919A
- Case key
- 38030
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of brakes on landing roll out resulting in a nose over.
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 he made a wheel landing and landed a little fast. He applied brakes to slow the airplane down. The airplane nosed over and came to a complete stop inverted.
Factual narrative
On May 12, 1996, about 1200 eastern daylight time, a Marcellus Star Fire, N2498, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed on landing roll out at the Umatilla Municipal Airport, Umatilla, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Umatilla Municipal Airport about 30 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he made a wheel landing and landed a little fast. He applied brakes to slow the airplane down. The airplane nosed over and came to a complete stop inverted.
The accident was reported to the NTSB on June 12, 1996.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2498
- Reported as
- Marcellus Star Fire
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 7242
- Airframe hours
- 131
- Engine
- Continental E-185-3, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Costello
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1996 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- X-23
- Airport
- X-23 · Umatilla Municipal, runway 36, 2,300 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 355 total · 32 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days
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.
Other investigations on N2498 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.