# NTSB WPR13CA040: Spackman Avid Flyer, N130PS, Casper, WY, November 2, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 2, 2012, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Casper, WY
- Coordinates: 42.904724, -106.45861 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9047&lon=-106.4586&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 27, 2013
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR13CA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85591/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85591
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA040

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [E Paul Spackman AVID FLYER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05631YB), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [E Paul Spackman AVID FLYER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05631YB), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [E Paul Spackman AVID FLYER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05631YB), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he circled above the traffic pattern in the tailwheel-equipped airplane for approximately 1/2 hour before he entered the traffic pattern and conducted an uneventful approach and landing. The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the airplane ground looped, and the lower fuselage where the landing gears attach was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that it was the tail-wheel equipped airplane’s first flight. He had circled above the traffic pattern for approximately one half hour before he entered the traffic pattern and conducted an uneventful approach and landing touchdown. The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the airplane ground looped, and the lower fuselage where the landing gears attach, was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N130PS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N130PS), registered now, S/N 1250D, built 2012 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Spackman Avid Flyer
- Registry model: [E Paul Spackman AVID FLYER](https://openairdocs.org/model/e-paul-spackman-avid-flyer) (registry code 05631YB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (registry code 55569, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1250D
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: Rotax 912A 80 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Flight test, Part 91
- Operator: E. Paul Spackman
- Registered owner: E. Paul Spackman
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, October 26, 2012, 1 hours before
- Departed: CPR, Casper, WY
- Destination: CPR, Casper, WY
- Airport: CPR, Casper/Natrona Intl Airport, runway 26, 8,679 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 29, 2012; seat: left; flight hours: 900 total, 1 in this make and model, 850 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: CPR, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20121102024489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121102024489A), Nov 2, 2012: E Paul Spackman AVID FLYER, Casper, WY, Substantial damage. On 11/02/12 at approximately 1230 LCL N130PS, an amature built Avid Flyer, sustained substantial damage upon landing at Casper, WY. 1 sole on board no…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 19, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85591. 551 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 523 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40383828&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Record of Email - FAA Inspector; Substantial Damage (item 2, .PDF, 28 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40383829&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Email%20-%20FAA%20Inspector;%20Substantial%20Damage-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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