- Date
- June 19, 2005, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pocatello, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N825PBAdkins Ridge Runner II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050619011799A
- Case key
- 61754
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that after applying full power for takeoff the airplane turned to the left. He reported that corrective actions were attempted; however the airplane "spun around" and the left main gear collapsed. During a telephone conversation with the NTSB (IIC), the pilot stated he had accumulate approximately 5 hours and fifty landings in tail wheel equipped aircraft, however he had not received a tail wheel endorsement (required by FAR 61.31[I]). The pilot noted in his written report to the NTSB that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On June 19, 2005, about 0730 mountain daylight time, an experimental category, tail wheel equipped, Adkins Ridge Runner II, N825PB, sustained substantial damage during the takeoff roll at the Pocatello Regional Airport, Pocatello, Idaho. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area flight under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the flight.
In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), dated June 21, the pilot reported that after applying full power for takeoff the airplane turned to the left. He reported that corrective actions were attempted; however the airplane "spun around" and the left main gear collapsed.
During a telephone conversation with the NTSB (IIC) on June 28, the pilot stated he had accumulate approximately 5 hours and fifty landings in tail wheel equipped aircraft, however he had not received a tail wheel endorsement (required by FAR 61.31[I]).
The pilot noted in his written report to the NTSB that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N825PB
- Reported as
- Adkins Ridge Runner II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 722811
- Engine
- Rotax 503, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- David E. Adkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Destination
- Pocatello, ID
- Airport
- PIH · Pocatello Regional, runway 21, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 150 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N825PB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.