- Date
- December 18, 2004, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N826JBBreit Zodiac (CH-601-HDS)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Seattle, WA
- FAA report
- 20041218033339A
- Case key
- 60742
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control immediately after takeoff. A factor was the wake turbulence from the preceding airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said he was performing a touch-and-go landing on runway 34L. He said that the tower controller had alerted him to the departure of a Boeing 777, and that he had at least 3 minutes separation. The pilot said that the landing was uneventful, but almost immediately after lifting off, his airplane rolled to the right and its right wing contacted the runway. The right wing was bent and wrinkled; the nose wheel landing gear and the left main landing gear were broken; the engine mounts, firewall, lower longerons and forward fuselage were crushed and/or bent. The wind was 280 degrees at 4 knots.
Factual narrative
On December 18, 2004, at approximately 1245 Pacific standard time, a Breit, Zodiac CH-601-HDS, amateur-built, experimental, N826JB, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain following loss of control in the air during departure from Paine Field, Everett, Washington. The private pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane, received minor injuries. The flight was being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local, personal flight, that originated at approximately 1230 from Paine Field. The pilot had not filed a flight plan.
The pilot said he was performing a touch-and-go landing on runway 34L. He said that the tower controller had alerted him to the departure of a Boeing 777, and that he had at least 3 minutes separation. The pilot said that the landing was uneventful, but almost immediately after lifting off, his airplane rolled to the right and its right wing contacted the runway. The airplane came to rest on taxiway A-5. The right wing was bent and wrinkled; the nose wheel landing gear and the left main landing gear were broken; the engine mounts, firewall, lower longerons and forward fuselage were crushed and/or bent.
The wind at Paine Field, at 1253, was 280 degrees for 4 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N826JB
- Reported as
- Breit Zodiac (CH-601-HDS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 64000
- Airframe hours
- 13
- Engine
- Subaru EA-81, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph S. Breit
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · May 14, 2004 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Airport
- PAE · Paine Field, runway 34L, 9,010 × 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
- 51
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- May 21, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 283 total · 8 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.44 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.