- Date
- July 16, 1994, 20:40 local (Jul 17, 1994, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lucasville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5296YHawk RUL-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940716018549A
- Case key
- 38791
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of flight controls during the landing flare. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent flight experience in this type airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was conducting a landing on the private grass strip. He said, '[I] lined up for west landing...about 40 feet above the runway [the] left wing was dropping...[I] added right aileron...right wing went over and hit the ground.' The airplane ground looped on the runway. The wind was reported at 2 knots with no gusts. The pilot had no flight time in this airplane in the last 90 days.
Factual narrative
On Saturday, July 16, 1994, at 2040 eastern daylight time, a Hawk Rul-1, N5296Y, a homebuilt airplane, piloted by Bruce A. Hawk, sustained substantial during an attempted landing at a private airstrip in Lucasville, Ohio. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot was landing in a westerly direction on the grass runway. He said:
[I] lined up for...landing...about 40 feet above the runway [the] left wing was dropping about 10-15 [degrees]. [I] added right aileron -slow response-added more power-now...20 feet above runway-right wing went over and hit ground -somewhat of a ground loop.
The pilot reported the wind was from 270 degrees at 2 knots with no gusts.
The pilot had not flown this make and model airplane in the last 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5296Y
- Reported as
- Hawk RUL-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce A.Hawk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- NONE · None, runway 27, 1,145 × 40 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 584 total · 74 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.