- Date
- June 25, 2011, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101HYAviat A-1B
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110625013369A
- Case key
- 80915
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a go-around.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was returning from a local area flight and made a normal approach with a 3 point touchdown. After touchdown, the left wing lifted and the airplane veered to the left. He was unable to maintain directional control so he initiated a go-around. The airplane briefly became airborne before the right wing dropped and struck the ground and the airplane came to rest facing towards the east. According to the weather station located on the airport, the wind was reported as calm at the approximate time of the accident. However, during the time period from an hour before the accident to an hour after the accident wind conditions were reported as varying from 254 to 294 degrees with speeds of 7 to 9 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was returning from a local area flight to land. A normal approach was flown with a 3 point touchdown on runway 25L. After touchdown the left wing lifted and the plane began to veer to the left. The pilot was not able to reestablish directional control and he initiated a go around. The airplane briefly became airborne before the right wing dropped and struck the ground and the airplane came to rest facing towards the East. According to the weather station located on the airport, the wind was reported as calm at the approximate time of the accident. However, during the time period from an hour before the accident to an hour after the accident wind conditions were reported as varying from 254 to 294 degrees with speeds of 7 to 9 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101HY
- Reported as
- Aviat A-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WF0001
- Airframe hours
- 501
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kevin Charles Booth
- Registered owner
- Kevin Charles Booth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 2010 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- O22 · Columbia, CA
- Destination
- KLVK · Livermore, CA
- Airport
- KLVK · Livermore Municipal Airport, runway 25L, 2,699 × 75 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
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 8, 2009
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 620 total · 13 in this make and model · 518 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KLVK
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 5, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.