- Date
- December 3, 2014, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N265EPStafford Wayne H Glastar
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20141203020949A
- Case key
- 90457
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and encounter with terrain.
Findings · 3
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 the airplane landed on centerline, immediately pulled to the left, and quickly left the runway. It continued until encountering a swampy area at which time the nose wheel dug in, and the airplane nosed over. The left wing strut and wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the airplane landed on centerline, immediately pulled to the left, and quickly left the runway. It continued until encountering a swampy area at which time the nose wheel dug in, and the airplane nosed over. The left wing strut and wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N265EP
- Reported as
- Stafford Wayne H Glastar (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 5608
- Built
- 2012
- Airframe hours
- 19
- Engine
- Subaru EJ25, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stafford Wayne H
- Registered owner
- Stafford Wayne H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · October 11, 2014 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- W16 · Monroe, WA
- Destination
- W16 · Monroe, WA
- Airport
- W16 · Monroe, runway 07, 2,087 × 34 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot
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
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 24, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 13 in this make and model · 238 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.78 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- KPAE
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 9, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 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.